Recent progress on high performance steady state plasmas in the superconducting tokamak TRIAM-1M

S Itoh, KN Sato, K Nakamura, H Zushi… - Nuclear …, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview of TRIAM-1M experiments is presented. The current status of issues related to
steady state operation is presented with reference to the achievement of super-ultra-long …

Feedback control of the current profile on Tore Supra

T Wijnands, D Van Houtte, G Martin, X Litaudon… - Nuclear …, 1997 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent results on feedback control of the global shape of the current density profile in
discharges with lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) on Tore Supra are presented. The global …

Real time wall conditioning with lithium powder injection in long pulse H-mode plasmas in EAST with tungsten divertor

Z Sun, R Maingi, JS Hu, W Xu, GZ Zuo, YW Yu… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Real-time lithium powder injection has been applied to long-pulse (> 30 s) H-mode plasmas
in EAST. This replenishes the active lithium surface that is routinely consumed by plasma …

High plasma density lower-hybrid current drive in the FTU tokamak

V Pericoli-Ridolfini, E Barbato, S Cirant, H Kroegler… - Physical Review Letters, 1999 - APS
Studies on the current-drive (CD) efficiency have been carried out in the FTU tokamak with 8
GHz lower-hybrid waves up to line-averaged plasma density ne> 1× 10 20 m− 3. High …

Investigation of lower hybrid wave coupling and current drive experiments at different configurations in experimental advanced superconducting tokamak

BJ Ding, YL Qin, WK Li, MH Li, EH Kong, L Zhang… - Physics of …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Using a 2 MW 2.45 GHz lower hybrid wave (LHW) system installed in experimental
advanced superconducting tokamak, we have systematically carried out LHW-plasma …

Effect of lithium coating on long pulse high performance plasma discharges in EAST

W Xu, JS Hu, Z Sun, R Maingi, L Zhang… - Plasma Physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Control of impurities, fuel recycling and hydrogen content by lithium evaporative coatings
and real-time lithium powder injection (LPI) in EAST are studied for high performance H …

Lower hybrid current drive efficiency in tokamaks and wave scattering by density fluctuations at the plasma edge

VP Ridolfini, ML Apicella, G Calabro… - Nuclear …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The turbulence in the scrape-off layer (SOL) plasma of FTU is characterized in order to
assess its effect on the current drive efficiency of the lower hybrid (LH) waves. Amplitude …

Design criteria and current status of LHCD system on SST1 machine

D Bora, PK Sharma, SL Rao, RG Trivedi… - Fusion engineering and …, 2007 - Elsevier
The lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) system for superconducting steady state tokamak-1
(SST-1) machine is in advanced stage of integration and commissioning. The system is …

Profile control with lower hybrid waves on ASDEX

FX Soldner, F Leuterer, R Bartiromo, S Bernabei… - Nuclear …, 1994 - iopscience.iop.org
Controlled modification of the radial profiles of the plasma current, electron temperature and
density was achieved in the ASDEX divertor tokamak with lower hybrid waves. Variation of …

Numerical study of the synergetic current drive by lower hybrid waves and loop voltage

WQ Ma, MH Li, CB Wu, Y Savoye-Peysson… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Thanks to the tail of fast electrons generated by the lower hybrid (LH) waves, the plasma
conductivity changes significantly with respect to the ohmic heating status (Fisch 1985 Phys …