POSSIBLE ACHIEVEMENT OF 2ND STABILITY BY MEANS OF LOWER HYBRID CURRENT DRIVE

被引:14
作者
BONOLI, PT
PORKOLAB, M
RAMOS, JJ
BLACKFIELD, DT
DEVOTO, RS
FENSTERMACHER, ME
机构
[1] TRW CO INC,REDONDO BEACH,CA 90278
[2] UNIV CALIF LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,LIVERMORE,CA 94550
关键词
Magnetohydrodynamics - Tokamak Devices;
D O I
10.1088/0029-5515/30/3/014
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
It is shown that radial profiles of the safety factor q(r), necessary to access the ‘second stability’ regime in shaped, low aspect ratio tokamaks, can be achieved via off-axis lower hybrid current drive (LHCD). To accurately model the required current profiles, the previous simulation code for LHCD developed by the authors has been extended to non-circular equilibria and combined with an MHD equilibrium solver. As a particular example, results are presented for parameters of the Versator Upgrade tokamak. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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页码:533 / 540
页数:8
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