Title
The analysis of Alfvén wave current drive and plasma heating in TCABR tokamak
Date Issued
01 January 2002
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Ruchko L.
Lerche E.
Galvão R.
Elfimov A.
Nascimento I.
De Sá W.
Sanada E.
Elizondo J.
Ferreira A.
Severo J.
Bellintani V.
Usuriaga O.
Universidade de Säo Paulo
Publisher(s)
Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica
Abstract
The results of experiments on Alfvén wave current drive and plasma heating in the TCABR tokamak are analyzed with the help of a numerical code for simulation of the diffusion of the toroidal electric field. It permits to find radial distributions of plasma current density and conductivity, which match the experimentally measured total plasma current and loop voltage changes, and thus to study the performance of the RF system during Alfvén wave plasma heating and current drive experiments. Regimes with efficient RF power input in TCABR have been analyzed and revealed the possibility of noninductive current generation with magnitudes up to ∼8 kA. The increase of plasma energy content due to RF power input is consistent with the diamagnetic measurements.
Start page
57
End page
64
Volume
32
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física nuclear
Física de plasmas y fluídos
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0036013610
Source
Brazilian Journal of Physics
ISSN of the container
01039733
Conference
Brazilian Journal of Physics
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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