Avoidance of disruptions at high βN in ASDEX Upgrade with off-axis ECRH

被引：18

作者：

Esposito, B. ^{[1
]}

Granucci, G. ^{[2
]}

Maraschek, M. ^{[3
]}

Nowak, S. ^{[2
]}

Gude, A. ^{[3
]}

Igochine, V. ^{[3
]}

Lazzaro, E. ^{[2
]}

McDermott, R. ^{[3
]}

Poli, E. ^{[3
]}

Stober, J. ^{[3
]}

Suttrop, W. ^{[3
]}

Treutterer, W. ^{[3
]}

Zohm, H. ^{[3
]}

Brunetti, D. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] CR Frascati, Assoc EURATOM ENEA Fus, I-00044 Frascati, Italy

[2] IFP CNR, Assoc EURATOM ENEA Fus, I-20125 Milan, Italy

[3] EURATOM, Max Planck Inst Plasmaphys, D-85748 Garching, Germany

来源：

NUCLEAR FUSION | 2011年 / 51卷 / 08期

关键词：

NEOCLASSICAL TEARING MODES; ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON WAVES; MAGNETIC ISLANDS; TOKAMAK PLASMAS; MHD STABILITY; CURRENT DRIVE; T-10; TOKAMAK; STABILIZATION; FREQUENCY; M=2;

D O I：

10.1088/0029-5515/51/8/083051

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：

Experiments on disruption avoidance have been carried out in H-mode ASDEX Upgrade plasmas: the localized perpendicular injection of ECRH (1.5MW similar to 0.2P(tot)) onto the q = 2 resonant surface has led to the delay and/or complete avoidance of disruptions in a high beta(N) scenario (I-p = 1 MA, B-t = 2.1 T, q(95) similar to 3.6, with NBI similar to 7.5 MW). In these discharges (at low q95 and low density) neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs) are excited: the growth and locking of the m/n = 2/1 mode leads to the disruption. The scheme of the experiment is successfully applied in the same way as in previous disruption avoidance experiments in FTU and ASDEX Upgrade. As soon as the disruption precursor signal (the locked mode detector and/or the loop voltage) reaches the preset threshold, the ECRH power is triggered by real-time control. A poloidal scan in deposition location (rho(dep)) has been carried out by setting the poloidal launching mirrors at different angles in each discharge. The results depend on rho(dep): complete disruption avoidance can be achieved when the power is injected close to or onto the 2/1 island. When ECRH is injected outside the island (either at radii inside or outside the q = 2 surface), the discharge is disrupted as in the reference case.

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