Control of plasma profiles in DIII-D discharges

P. Gohil; T. E. Evans; J. R. Ferron; R. A. Moyer; C. C. Petty; K. H. Burrell; T. A. Casper; A. M. Garofalo; A. W. Hyatt; R. J. Jayakumar; C. Kessel; J. Y. Kim; R. J. La Haye; J. Lohr; T. C. Luce; M. A. Makowski; D. Mazon; J. Menard; M. Murakami; P. A. Politzer; R. Prater; M. R. Wade

doi:10.1088/0741-3335/48/5A/S03

Control of plasma profiles in DIII-D discharges

P. Gohil
, T. E. Evans
, J. R. Ferron
, R. A. Moyer
, C. C. Petty
, K. H. Burrell
, T. A. Casper
, A. M. Garofalo
, A. W. Hyatt
, R. J. Jayakumar
, C. Kessel
, J. Y. Kim
, R. J. La Haye
, J. Lohr
, T. C. Luce
, M. A. Makowski
, D. Mazon
, J. Menard
, M. Murakami
, P. A. Politzer

R. Prater, M. R. Wade

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Abstract

Active control of plasma profiles is an essential requirement for operating within plasma stability limits, for steady-state operation and for optimization of the plasma performance. In DIII-D, plasma profiles have been actively controlled using various actuators in the following manner: (a) real time closed loop control of the q profile evolution using electron cyclotron heating and neutral beam injection as actuators; (b) active control of the density and pressure profiles in quiescent H-mode and quiescent double barrier plasmas using electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) and pellet injection; (c) active control of the edge profiles to suppress edge localized modes using resonant magnetic perturbation with toroidal mode number n = 3, (d) real time control of the current density profile to suppress neoclassical tearing modes using localized deposition of co-ECCD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	A45-A53
Journal	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume	48
Issue number	5 A
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/48/5A/S03
State	Published - May 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Gohil, P., Evans, T. E., Ferron, J. R., Moyer, R. A., Petty, C. C., Burrell, K. H., Casper, T. A., Garofalo, A. M., Hyatt, A. W., Jayakumar, R. J., Kessel, C., Kim, J. Y., La Haye, R. J., Lohr, J., Luce, T. C., Makowski, M. A., Mazon, D., Menard, J., Murakami, M., ... Wade, M. R. (2006). Control of plasma profiles in DIII-D discharges. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 48(5 A), A45-A53. https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/48/5A/S03

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