FusionPapers
図版検索トレンドwiki日本の研究
© 2026 FUSIONPAPERS
About法務情報
トップに戻る

Plasma current start-up experiments without the central solenoid in the TST-2 spherical tokamak

Y. Takase, A. Ejiri, S. Shiraiwa, Y. Adachi, N. Ishii, H. Kasahara, H. Nuga, Y. Ono, T. Oosako, M. Sasaki2006年被引用 12Nuclear FusionIF 3出版社

Several techniques for initiating the plasma current without the use of the central solenoid are being developed in TST-2. While TST-2 was temporarily located at Kyushu University, two types of start-up scenarios were demonstrated. (1) A plasma current of 4 kA was generated and sustained for 0.28 s by either electron cyclotron wave or electron Bernstein wave, without induction. (2) A plasma current of 10 kA was obtained transiently by induction using only outboard poloidal field coils. In the second scenario, it is important to supply sufficient power for ionization (100 kW of EC power was sufficient in this case), since the vertical field during start-up is not adequate to maintain plasma equilibrium. In addition, electron heating experiments using the X–B mode conversion scenario were performed, and a heating efficiency of 60% was observed at a 100 kW RF power level. TST-2 is now located at the Kashiwa Campus of the University of Tokyo. Significant upgrades were made in both magnetic coil power supplies and RF systems, and plasma experiments have restarted. RF power of up to 400 kW is available in the high-harmonic fast wave frequency range around 20 MHz. Four 200 MHz transmitters are now being prepared for plasma current start-up experiments using RF power in the lower-hybrid frequency range. Preparations are in progress for a new plasma merging experiment (UTST) aimed at the formation and sustainment of ultra-high β ST plasmas.

日本語訳

TST-2では、中心ソレノイドを用いないプラズマ電流の立ち上げのためのいくつかの手法が開発されている。TST-2が一時的に九州大学に設置されていた間に、2種類の立ち上げシナリオが実証された。(1)誘導を用いずに、電子サイクロトロン波または電子バーンスタイン波により、4 kAのプラズマ電流が発生し、0.28秒間維持された。(2)外側ポロイダル磁場コイルのみを用いた誘導により、過渡的に10 kAのプラズマ電流が得られた。2番目のシナリオでは、立ち上げ中の鉛直磁場がプラズマの平衡を維持するのに十分でないため、電離のための十分な電力を供給することが重要である(この場合、100 kWのEC電力で十分であった)。さらに、X–Bモード変換シナリオを用いた電子加熱実験が行われ、100 kWのRF電力レベルで60%の加熱効率が観測された。TST-2は現在、東京大学柏キャンパスに設置されている。磁場コイル電源とRFシステムの両方に大幅な改良が施され、プラズマ実験が再開された。約20 MHzの高高調波高速波周波数帯域で最大400 kWのRF電力が利用可能である。下部ハイブリッド周波数帯域のRF電力を用いたプラズマ電流立ち上げ実験のために、4台の200 MHz送信機が現在準備されている。超高β球状トーラスプラズマの生成と維持を目的とした新しいプラズマ合体実験(UTST)の準備が進められている。

wiki

Spherical tokamakCentral solenoid
この論文にはまだAI要約がありません。

関連論文

Power transport efficiency during O-X-B 2nd harmonic electron cyclotron heating in a helicon linear plasma device

2022Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Overview of coordinated spherical tokamak research in Japan

2022Nuclear Fusion

Electron Bernstein wave assisted plasma current start-up in MAST

2010Nuclear Fusion

Plasma current start-up experiments using outboard- and top-launch lower hybrid wave on the TST-2 spherical tokamak

2017Nuclear Fusion

Non-inductive plasma start-up experiments on the TST-2 spherical tokamak using waves in the lower-hybrid frequency range

2015Nuclear Fusion

Development of a novel spiral antenna system for low loop voltage current start-up at the Steady State Superconducting Tokamak (SST-1)

2022Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Microwave start-up of tokamak plasmas near electron cyclotron and upper hybrid resonances

1978Nuclear Fusion

Toroidal plasma production by electron cyclotron heating in the WT-2 device

1986Nuclear Fusion

Non-inductive plasma current start-up by EC and RF power in the TST-2 spherical tokamak

2009Nuclear Fusion

Major results from the first plasma campaign of the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator

2017Nuclear Fusion