Observation of Central Toroidal Rotation Induced by ICRF on EAST

PAN Xiayun (潘夏云); WANG Fudi (王福地); ZHANG Xinjun (张新军); LYU Bo (吕波); CHEN Jun (陈俊); LI Yingying (李颖颖); FU Jia (符佳); SHI Yuejiang (石跃江); YU Yi (余羿); YE Minyou (叶民友); WAN Baonian (万宝年)

doi:10.1088/1009-0630/18/2/03

Plasma Science and Technology > 2016 > 18(2): 114-119. > DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/18/2/03

PAN Xiayun (潘夏云), WANG Fudi (王福地), ZHANG Xinjun (张新军), LYU Bo (吕波), CHEN Jun (陈俊), LI Yingying (李颖颖), FU Jia (符佳), SHI Yuejiang (石跃江), YU Yi (余羿), YE Minyou (叶民友), WAN Baonian (万宝年). Observation of Central Toroidal Rotation Induced by ICRF on EAST[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2016, 18(2): 114-119. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/18/2/03

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Observation of Central Toroidal Rotation Induced by ICRF on EAST

1School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China 2Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China 3Hefei Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China 4Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea

Funds: supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China (Nos. 2013GB112004 and 2015GB103002), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11175208, 11305212, 11375235, 11405212 and 11261140328), the Innovative Program of Development Foundation of Hefei Center for Physical Science and Technology (2014FXCX003) and Brain Korea 21 Program for Leading Universities & Students (BK21 PLUS)

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Received Date: April 07, 2015

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Core plasma rotation of both L-mode and H-mode discharges with ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) minority heating (MH) scheme was measured with a tangential X-ray imaging crystal spectrometer on EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak). Co?current central impurity toroidal rotation change was observed in ICRF-heated L-and H-mode plasmas. Rotation increment as high as 30 km/s was generated at ～1.7 MW ICRF power. Scaling results showed similar trend as the Rice scaling but with significant scattering, especially in L-mode plasmas. We varied the plasma current, toroidal field and magnetic configuration individually to study their effect on L-mode plasma rotation, while keeping the other major plasma parameters and heating unchanged during the scanning. It was found that larger plasma current could induce plasma rotation more efficiently. A scan of the toroidal magnetic field indicated that the largest rotation was obtained for on-axis ICRF heating. A comparison between lower-single-null (LSN) and double-null (DN) configurations showed that LSN discharges rendered a larger rotation change for the same power input and plasma parameters.
- central toroidal rotation,
- ICRF flow drive,
- minority heating,
- X-ray imaging crystal spectrometer

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