ICRF RESULTS IN D-T PLASMAS IN JET AND TFTR AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ITER

Authors
ADAMS JM AGELADARAKIS P ALPER B ALTMANN H AMASOV V ARSHAD S ANDREW P ANDREW Y BAILEY D BAINBRIDGE N BALET B BARANOV Y BARKER P BARNSLEY R BARONIAN M BARTLETT DV BELL AC BERTALOT L BERTOLINI E BHATNAGAR V BICKLEY AJ BINDSLEV H BLACKLER K BOND D BONICELLI T BORBA D BRANDON M BREGER P BRELEN H BRENNAN P BREWERTON WJ BROWNE ML BUDD T BUDNY R BURT A BUSINARO T BUZIO M CALDWELLNICHOLLS C CAMPLING D CARD P CHALLIS CD CHANKIN AV CHIRON D CHRISTIANSEN J CHUILON P CIRIC D CLAESEN R CLARKE HE CLEMENT S COAD JP COFFEY I CONROY S CONWAY G COOPER S CORDEY JG CORRIGAN G COTTRELL G COX M COX SJ CUSACK R DAVIES N DAVIES SJ DAVIS JJ DEBENEDETTI M DEESCH H DEHAAS J DEKSNIS E DELIYANAKIS N DINES A DMITRENKO SL DOBBING J DOLGETTA N DORLING SE DOYLE PG DUQUENOY H EDWARDS AM EDWARDS AW EGEDAL J EHRENBERG J EKEDAHL A ELEVANT T ELLIS J ENDLER M ERENTS SK ERICSSON G ESPOSITO B ERIKSSON LG FALTER H FARTHING JW FICHTMULLER M FISHPOOL G FULLARD K GADEBERG M GALBIATI L GIBSON A GILL RD GODDEN D GONDHALEKAR A GOODALL D GORMEZANO C GOWERS C GROTH M GUENTHER K GUO H HAIGH A HAIST B HANCOCK CJ HARBOUR PJ HAWKES NC HAWKES NP HEMMERICH JL HENDER T HOEKZEMA J HORTON L HOWMAN A HUART M HUGHES TP HURD F HUYSMANS G INGESSON C INGRAM B IRVING M JACQUINOT J JAECKEL H JAEGER JF JARVIS ON JOHNSON M JONES EM JONES TTC JUNGER JF JUNIQUE F JUPEN C KALLNE J KAYE A KEEN BE KEILHACKER M KERNER W KIDD NG KNIPE S KONIG R KOROTKOV A KRASILNIKOV A KROM JG KUPSCHUS P LASSER R LAST JR LAUROTARONI L LAWSON K LENNHOLM M LINGERTAT J LITAUDON X LOARER T LOMAS PJ LOUGHLIN M LOWRY C MAAS AC MACKLIN B MAGGI CF MANTSINEN M MARCHESE V MARCUS F MART J MARTIN D MATTHEWS G MCBRYAN H MCCRACKEN G MCCULLEN PA MEIGS A MIDDLETON R MIELE P MILANI F MILLS J MOHANTI R MONK R MORGAN P MURPHY G NAVE F NEWBERT G NIELSEN P NOLL P OBERT W OBRIEN D OMULLANE M OORD E OSTROM R PAPASTERGIOU S PARAIL VV PARKINSON R PARSONS W PATEL B PAYNTER A PEREVEZENTSEV A PEACOCK A PEARCE RJH PICK MA PLANCOULAINE J POGUTSE O PRENTICE R PUPPIN S RADFORD G REICHLE R RICCARDO V RIMINI F ROCHARD F ROLFE A ROQUEMORE AL ROSS RT ROSSI A SADLER G SAIBENE G SANTAGUISTINA A SARTORI R SAUNDERS R SCHILD P SCHMID M SCHMIDT V SCHOKKER B SCHUNKE B SCOTT SM SHARAPOV S SIBLEY A SIMON M SIMONINI R SIPS ACC SMEULDERS P SMITH P SMITH R SOLDNER F SPENCE J SPRINGMAN E STAGG R STAMP M STANGEBY P START DF STORK D STOTT PE STRACHAN JD STUBBERFIELD P SUMMERS D SVENSSON L SVENSSON P TABASSO A TABELLINI M TAIT J TANGA A TARONI A TERELLA C THOMAS PR THOMSEN K TRANEUS E TUBBING B TWYMAN P VADGAMA A VANBELLE P VLASES GC VONHELLERMANN M WADE T WALTON R WARD D WATKINS ML WATKINS N WATSON MJ WHEATLEY M WILSON D WINKEL T YOUNG D YOUNG ID YU Q ZASTROW KD ZWINGMANN W MCGUIRE KM BARNES CW BATHA SH BEER MA BELL MG BELL RE BELOV A BERK HL BERNABEI S BITTER M BREIZMAN BN BRETZ NL BUDNY RV BUSH CE CALLEN JD CAUFFMAN S CHANG CS CHANG Z CHENG CZ COTTELL GA DARROW DS DENDY RO DORLAND W DUONG H EFTHIMION PC ERNST D EVENSON H FISCH NJ FISHER R FONCK RJ FOREST CB FREDRICKSON ED FU GY FURTH HP GOLOBORODKO VY GORELENKOV NN GREK B GRISHAM LR HAMMETT GW HANSON GR HAWRYLUK RJ HEIDBRINK WW HERRMANN HW HERRMANN M HILL KW HOGAN J HOOPER B HOSEA JC HOULBERG WA HUGHES M HULSE RA JASSBY DL JOBES FC JOHNSON DW KAITA R KAYE SM KESNER J KIM JS KISSICK M KRASILNIKOV AV KUGEL HW KUMAR A LAM NT LAMARCHE P LEBLANC B LEVINTON FM LUDESCHER C MACHUZAK J MAJESKI R MANICKAM J MANSFIELD DK MAUEL ME MAZZUCATO E MCCHESNEY J MCCUNE DC MCKEE G MEADE DM MEDLEY SS MIKA R MIKKELSEN DR MIRNOV SV MUELLER D NAGAYAMA Y NAVRATIL GA NAZIKIAN R OKABAYASHI M OWENS DK PARK HK PARK W PARKS P PAUL SF PETROV MP PHILLIPS CK PHILLIPS M PHILLIPS P RAMSEY AT REDI MH REWOLDT G REZNIK S ROGERS JH ROQUEMORE AL RUSKOV E SABBAGH SA SASAO M SCHILLING G SCHIVELL J SCHMIDT GL SCOTT SD SENENOV IB SENKO T SESNIC S SKINNER CH STEVENSON T STODIEK W STRACHAN JD STRAIT EJ STRATTON BC SYNAKOWSKI EJ TAKAHASHI H TANG WM TAYLOR G TERRY JL THOMPSON ME VONGOELER S VONHALLE A WALTERS RT WANG S WHITE RB WIELAND RM WILLIAMS M WILSON JR WONG KL WURDEN GA YAMADA M YAVORSKI V YOUNG KM ZAKHAROV LE ZARNSTORFF MC ZWEBEN SJ
Citation
Jm. Adams et al., ICRF RESULTS IN D-T PLASMAS IN JET AND TFTR AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ITER, Plasma physics and controlled fusion, 40, 1998, pp. 87-103
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas","Physics, Nuclear
ISSN journal
07413335
Volume
40
Year of publication
1998
Supplement
8A
Pages
87 - 103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0741-3335(1998)40:<87:IRIDPI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Recent experiments in D-T plasmas on the JET and TFTR tokamaks have ev aluated a wide range of ITER relevant ion cyclotron heating scenarios. Absorption of fast waves at the second-harmonic tritium resonance has provided bulk ion heating in TFTR supershots and electron heating in JET H-mode discharges. In JET, deuterium minority heating has generate d 1.7 MW of fusion power with 6 MW of radio frequency power giving a r ecord steady-state Q-value of 0.22. Strong bulk ion heating has been a chieved with He-3 minority heating with central ion temperatures up to 13 keV being produced in H-modes with a density of 3.6 x 10(19) m(-3) Hydrogen, deuterium and He-3 minority heating methods have produced p lasmas with normalized confinement times greater than or equal to that required by ITER for ignition. These H-modes are characterized by sma ll-amplitude, high-frequency ELMs, each of which transports less than 1.5% of the plasma energy content to the limiters. The heavy minority scheme of tritium in a deuterium plasma has been demonstrated both as a heating scheme and a generator of suprathermal neutrons. On TFTR mod e conversion to an ion Bernstein wave has achieved central bulk ion he ating in supershots with target ion temperatures greater than 20 keV.