Plasma Current Start-up. Ramp-up. and Achievement of Advanced Tokamak Plasmas without the Use of Ohmic Heating Solenoid in JT-60U

Autor: Yukitoshi Miura, Osamu Mitarai, T. Fukuda, Takahiro Suzuki, Shunsuke Ide, Syun'ichi Shiraiwa, Xiang Gao, T. Taniguchi, Yuichi Takase, Jt Team, Yoshiteru Sakamoto, Shigetoshi Tanaka, Yutaka Kamada, Kenkichi Ushigusa, Satoshi Itoh, Mikhail Gryaznevich, Takashi Maekawa
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research. 78:719-721
ISSN: 0918-7928
DOI: 10.1585/jspf.78.719
Popis: Formation of a high performance plasma with βp = 3.6, βN = 1.6, HH98y2 = 1.6 without the use of the Ohmic heating solenoid was demonstrated for the first time. Plasma start-up and plasma current ramp-up were accomplished by vertical field and shaping coils, combined with heating and current drive by EC, LH and NBI. The q profile is deeply reversed with qmin = 5.6 at r/a = 0.7, and the bootstrap current fraction was at least 90%. This result opens up the possibility of eliminating the Ohmic heating solenoid, which has a great impact on improving tokamak and ST reactor designs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE