简介:StableoperatingregionintheHL-1Mtokamakhasbeenextendedbymeansofwallconditioning,corefuellingandcurrentcontroltechniques.Themechanismsoftheextensionareanalyzedinthispaper.Lithiumizationdiminishestheimpuritiesandhydrogenrecyclingtothelowestlevel.Afterlithiumizationahighdensityupto7×1019m-3wasobtainedeasilybystronggaspuffingwithordinaryohmicdischargealone.MoreattractivelywefoundthatmetalLi-coatingexhibitedtheeffectsofwallstabilization.Thelowqalimitwithhigherdensitywasextendedbyafactorof1.5~2incomparisonwiththatforboronization,and1.2forsiliconization.Siliconizationnotonlyextendedstableoperatingregionsignificantlybyitself,butalsoprovidedagoodtargetplasmaforotherexperimentsofraisingdensitylimit.Corefuellingschemesarefavourableespeciallyforsiliconizedwallwithahigherlevelofmedium-Zimpurity(Z=14).Aftersiliconizationthemaximumdensitynearto1020m-3wasachievedbyacombinationofsupersonicmoleculebeaminjectionandmultipelletinjection.ThenewdefinedslopeofHugilllimitillustratingmoreclearlythesituationunderlowqaandhighnedischargeswascreatedtoindicatethenewregionextendedbycombiningIpramp-upwithcorefuelling.TheslopewithalargeMurakamicoefficientincreasedbyafactorof50~60%.
简介:Thedischargeoperationregimeofpulsemodulatedatmosphericradiofrequency(RF)glowdischargeinheliumisinvestigatedonthedutycycleandfrequencyofmodulationpulses.Thecharacteristicsofradiofrequencydischargeburstintermsofbreakdownvoltage,alpha(α)-gamma(γ)modetransitionvoltageandcurrentaredemonstratedbythedischargecurrentvoltagecharacteristics.TheminimumbreakdownvoltageofRFdischargeburstwasobtainedatthedutycycleof20%andfrequencyof400kHz,respectively.Theα-γmodetransitionofRFdischargeburstoccursathighervoltageandcurrentbyreducingthedutycycleandelevatingthemodulationfrequencybeforetheRFdischargeburstevolvingintotheignitionphase,inwhichtheRFdischargeburstcanoperatestablyintheγmode.ItproposesthattheintensityandstabilityofRFdischargeburstcanbeimprovedbymanipulatingthedutycycleandmodulationfrequencyinpulsemodulatedatmosphericRFglowdischarge.
简介:Theeffectsoflinearfallingrampresetpulserelatedtoaddressingoperationinanalternatingcurrentplasmadisplaypanel(ACPDP)werestudied.Thewallchargewaveformsweremeasuredbytheelectrodebalancemethodina12-inchcoplanarACPDP.Thewallchargewaveformsshowtherelationshipbetweenthesloperatioofthefallingrampresetpulseandthewallchargesattheendofthefallingrampresetpulsewhichinfluencestheaddressingstability.Thentheeffectsofthesloperatioofthelinearfallingrampresetpulseontheaddressingvoltageandaddressing,timewereinvestigated.Theexperimentalresultsshowthattheminimumaddressingvoltageincreaseswiththeincreaseofthesloperatioofthefallingrampresetpulse,andsodoestheminimumaddressingtime.Basedontheexperimentalresults,theoptimizationoftheaddressingtimeandthesloperatioofthefallingramppulseisdiscussed.
简介:Anexperimentaladvancedsuperconductingtokamak(EAST)operationwindowwiththelowerhybridcurrentdrive(LHCD)inH-modeisestimatedbyusingacore-SOL-divertor(C-S-D)modelvalidatedbythepresentEASTdivertorexperiments.Theoperationwindowconsistsoffourlimitsincludingtwousuallimits,oneofwhichisthemaximumallowableheatloadontothedivertorplate,andtwoadditionallimitsassociatedwiththeLHCD.ThepredictiveEASToperationwindowisnotqualifiedtofulfillitsmissionforhighinputpower.Toextendtheoperationwindow,gaspuffingandimpurityseedingarepresentedastwoeffectivemethods.Inaddition,theeffectoftheLHCDcurrentontheoperationwindowisalsodiscussed.OurnumericalanalysisresultsprovideareferenceforthesafeoperationofEASTexperimentswithLHCDinfuture.
简介:APlasmaSurfaceInteraction(PSI)experimentonChinaLowActivationMarten-sitic(CLAM)steelwasdonetocheckifCLAMsteelcouldbeusedasaPlasmaFacingMaterial(PFM).Aspecimenwithadiameterof45mmwasexposedto897shotsofdeuteriumplasmaswithatotaldurationof712secataminorradiusof30cminHT-7tokamak.Duringtheexpo-sureexperiment,noobservableinfluencewasfoundonplasmaperformance.Afterexposure,thesurfaceofthespecimenseemedassmoothasbeforebutwithsomecolourchangeatthemarginofthespecimen.Eventhoughsomemicro-damage,suchasdenseblisters,melting,splashing,depositions,anddust,wasfoundonlocalsurfaceswithScanningElectronMicroscopic(SEM)observation.Thereflectivityofthespecimendecreasedonlyslightly.AlloftheseshowsCLAMsteelhasgoodstabilityandirradiationresistance.Withfurtheroptimization,itcouldpossiblybeusedasthefirstmirrormaterialforplasmadiagnosticsintokamaks.