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Energy confinement and MHD activity in shaped TCV plasmas with localized electron cyclotron heating

1999; IOP Publishing; Volume: 39; Issue: 11Y Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/0029-5515/39/11y/321

1741-4326

A. Pochelon, T. Goodman, M. Henderson, C. Angioni, R. Behn, S. Coda, F. Hofmann, J.-P. Hogge, N. A. Kirneva, А. А. Мартынов, J.-M. Moret, Z.A. Pietrzyk, Francesco Porcelli, H. Reimerdes, J. Rommers, Enrico Rossi, O. Sauter, Quang Tran Minh, H. Weisen, S. Alberti, S. Joseph Barry, P. Blanchard, P. Bosshard, R. Chavan, B.P. Duval, Y.V Esipchuck, D. Fasel, A. Favre, S. Franke, I. Furno, P. Gorgerat, P.-F. Isoz, B. Joye, J.B. Lister, X. Llobet, J.-C. Magnin, P. Mandrin, A. Manini, B. Marlétaz, Ph. Marmillod, Yves Martin, J.-M. Mayor, J. Mlynář, C. Nieswand, P. Paris, A. Pérez, R.A. Pitts, K. A. Razumova, A. Refke, Edgar Scavino, A. V. Sushkov, G. Tonetti, F. Troyon, W. van Toledo, P. Vyas,

Plasma Diagnostics and Applications

Confinement in TCV electron cyclotron heated discharges was studied as a function of plasma shape, i.e. as a function of elongation, 1.1 < κ< 2.15, and triangularity, -0.65 ⩽ δ ⩽ 0.55. The electron energy confinement time was found to increase with elongation, owing in part to the increase of plasma current with elongation. The beneficial effect of negative triangularities was most effective at low power and tended to decrease at the higher powers used. The large variety of sawtooth types observed in TCV for different power deposition locations, from on-axis to the q = 1 region, was simulated with a model that included local power deposition, a growing m/n = 1 island (convection and reconnection), plasma rotation and finite heat diffusivity across flux surfaces. Furthermore, a model with local magnetic shear reproduced the experimental observation that the sawtooth period is at a maximum when the heating is close to the q = 1 surface.