Sawtooth pacing with on-axis ICRH modulation in JET-ILW

E. Lerche, M. Lennholm, I. S. Carvalho, P. Dumortier, F. Durodie, D. Van Eester, J. Graves, Ph Jacquet, A. Murari

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Samenvatting

A novel technique for sawteeth control in tokamak plasmas using ion-cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) has been developed in the JET-ILW tokamak [2]. Unlike previous ICRH methods, which explored the destabilization of the internal kink mode when the radiofrequency (RF) wave absorption was placed near the q=1 surface, the technique presented here consists of stabilizing the sawteeth as fast as possible by applying the ICRH power centrally and inducing a sawtooth crash by switching it off at the appropriate instant. Since it employs on-axis ICRH, this technique is aligned with other ICRH applications that require central plasma heating such as high-Z impurity control and fusion power enhancement. The validation of this method in JET-ILW L-mode discharges is presented.

Originele taal-2Engels
Artikelnummer03029
TijdschriftEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume157
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 23 okt. 2017
Evenement22nd Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas 2017 - Aix en Provence, Frankrijk
Duur: 30 mei 20172 jun. 2017

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