简介：Experimentsonlowerhybridwave(LHW)couplingwereinvestigatedintheHT-7tokamak.GoodcouplingofLHWplasmahasbeendemonstratedatdifferentconditionsintheHT-7tokamak.RelevantresultshaveprovedthatLHW-plasmacouplingisaffectedbythephasedifferencebetweenadjacentwaveguides.Furthermore,theedgedensityaroundthegrillandrelevantcouplingcanbeadjustedbychangingtheplasmalineaveragedensityorthegapvaluebetweentheLHgrillandthelastclosedfluxsurfaces(LCFS).ItisfoundthatthecouplingofLHWsbecomespoorwhentheedgedensityaroundtheLHgrillislargeenoughintheHT-7tokamak,andthatcouplingremainsgoodwithaproperedgedensity.WithincreasingLHWpower,itisalsofoundthatthereflectioncoefficients(RCs)increaseduetonon-lineareffectsunderconditionsoflowedgerecycling,butcandecreaseunderhighedgerecycling.Theedgedensitydependsmainlyonthecompetitionbetweentheponderomotiveforce(PMF)andtheedgerecyclingintensityintheHT-7tokamak.

简介：Thispaperreportsforthefirsttimeanexperimentalstudyonthepowerdepositionprofileoftheioncyclotronrangefrequencies(ICRF)powerdepositingonelectronsinHT-7.ThefastFouriertransform(FFT)analysisandthebreakinslope(BIS)methodareutilizedtoobtaintheinformationofthepowerdeposition.Theresultsindicatethattheelectronswereheateddirectly,andtheelectronsabsorbedaround20%oftheinputpowerofthedischargeofinterest.

简介：Neutralbeaminjection(NBI)isrecognizedasoneofthemosteffectivemeansforplasmaheating.A100slongpulseneutralbeamwith30keVbeamenergy,10Abeamcurrentanda100slongpulsemodulatingneutralbeamwith50keVbeamenergy,16AbeamcurrentwereachievedintheEASTneutralbeaminjectoronthetest-stand.ThepreliminaryresultssuggestthatEAST-NBIsysteminitiallypossesstheabilityoflongpulsebeamextraction.