简介:SawtoothcontrolexperimentswereperformedonHT-7withalimiterconfigurationandontheExperimentalAdvancedSuperconductingTokamak(EAST)withadoublenullcon-figuration.Thesawtoothperiodcanbemodifiedbylowerhybridwave(LHW)andioncyclotronresonancefrequency(ICRF).Differentsawtoothbehaviorwasobservedwiththesameplasmadensity,LHWpowerbutdifferentplasmacurrentsonHT-7.TherewasadwelltimebetweenLHWaddedandthesawtoothstabilizationonHT-7whilethesawtoothstabilizationimmediatelyhappenedwhenLHWpowerwasinjectedonEAST.Thepossiblemechanismofthesawtoothcontrolisdiscussedinthispaper.Alltheexperimentalresultshaveprovedthatpowerdepositionoftheradiofrequency(RF)shouldbethekeyfactorforsawtoothcontrol.
简介:DedicatedexperimentsintheHT-7tokamakwereperformedtoinvestigatethein-fluenceoferosionanddepositiononthemirrorsamples.Thefirstmirror(FM)samplesmadeofpolycrystalline(PC)stainlesssteel(SS),molybdenum(Mo)andtungsten(W)werefixedonaholderatanangleof45withrespecttothehorizontalplaneandsetatdifferentlocationswithdifferentconnectionlengthsalongthemagneticfield.Theopticalreflectivityofthefirstmirrorwasmeasuredbyaspectrophotometerbeforeandafterplasmaexposure.Itwasfoundthatthesurfacemorphologyandspecularreflectivityofthemirrorsamplesaftertheexposureweredifferentwithrespecttothedifferentdistancesfromthemirrorsurfacetothelastclosedfluxsurface(LCFS)oftheplasmainthetokamak.Itwasalsofoundthatshorteningtheconnectionlengthbeforethemirrorsurfacewouldweakentheinfluenceoftheplasmaerosionandimpuritydepositiononthemirrorsurface.Inordertomaintaintheopticalcharacteristicsofthemirrorsurface,itisnecessarytoadoptthein-situcleaningandmirrorprotectiontechniques.