CHEN Junjie (陈均杰), LI Guoqiang (李国强), QIAN Jinping (钱金平), LIU Zixi (刘子奚). Ideal MHD Stability Prediction and Required Power for EAST Advanced Scenario[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2012, 14(11): 947-952. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/14/11/01
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CHEN Junjie (陈均杰), LI Guoqiang (李国强), QIAN Jinping (钱金平), LIU Zixi (刘子奚). Ideal MHD Stability Prediction and Required Power for EAST Advanced Scenario[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2012, 14(11): 947-952. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/14/11/01
CHEN Junjie (陈均杰), LI Guoqiang (李国强), QIAN Jinping (钱金平), LIU Zixi (刘子奚). Ideal MHD Stability Prediction and Required Power for EAST Advanced Scenario[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2012, 14(11): 947-952. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/14/11/01
Citation:
CHEN Junjie (陈均杰), LI Guoqiang (李国强), QIAN Jinping (钱金平), LIU Zixi (刘子奚). Ideal MHD Stability Prediction and Required Power for EAST Advanced Scenario[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2012, 14(11): 947-952. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/14/11/01
1 Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China 2 Center for Magnetic Fusion Theory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
Funds: supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10975161), the Special Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2009GB101001) and by the Center for Computational Science, Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences.
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is the first fully superconducting tokamak with a D-shaped cross-sectional plasma presently in operation. The ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability and required power for the EAST advanced tokamak (AT) scenario with negative central shear and double transport barrier (DTB) are investigated. With the equilibrium code TOQ and stability code GATO, the ideal MHD stability is analyzed. It shows that a moderate ratio of edge transport barriers’ (ETB) height to internal transport barriers’ (ITBs) height is beneficial to ideal MHD stability. The normalized beta βN limit is about 2.20 (without wall) and 3.70 (with ideal wall). With the scaling law of energy confinement time, the required heating power for EAST AT scenario is calculated. The total heating power Pt increases as the toroidal magnetic field BT or the normalized beta βN is increased.