Optimization of Lower Hybrid Current Drive Efficiency for EAST Plasma with Non-Circular Cross Section and Finite Aspect-Ratio

SHI Xingjian (侍行剑); HU Yemin (胡业民); GAO Zhe (高喆)

doi:10.1088/1009-0630/14/3/06

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SHI Xingjian (侍行剑), HU Yemin (胡业民), GAO Zhe (高喆). Optimization of Lower Hybrid Current Drive Efficiency for EAST Plasma with Non-Circular Cross Section and Finite Aspect-Ratio[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2012, 14(3): 215-221. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/14/3/06

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Optimization of Lower Hybrid Current Drive Efficiency for EAST Plasma with Non-Circular Cross Section and Finite Aspect-Ratio

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Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Center for Magnetic Fusion Theory, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Funds: supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China ( Nos. 10975156, No. 10990214) and the fund from Ministry of Science and Technology of China ( No. 2009GB105002)

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Received Date: November 16, 2010

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The two-dimensional equilibrium with flexible boundaries is solved via using a MATLAB Equilibrium Code (MEC), which has applied the finite element method to handle the changeable plasma shape and employed the trust-region dogleg method to solve the nonlinear partial differential equation. And the corresponding driven current profile is calculated by coupling with the lower-hybrid simulation code (LSC). The results are applied to optimize the lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) efficiency for the Experimental Advanced Superconductor Tokamak (EAST) and suggested that both elongation and triangularity have a notable effect on the efficiency because of the competition between the increase in the resonant area and in the Shafranov shift. Moreover, large aspect-ratio has a negative effect on the efficiency. These effects are studied numerically, which might be considered carefully for both good plasma confinement and high LHCD efficiency.

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