Overview of recent results on heating and current drive in the JET tokamak

M. L. Mayoral; J. Ongena; A. Argouarch; Yu Baranov; T. Blackman; V. Bobkov; R. Budny; L. Colas; A. Czarnecka; L. Delpech; F. Durodié; A. Ekedahl; M. Gauthier; M. Goniche; R. Goulding; M. Graham; J. Hillairet; S. Huygen; Ph Jacquet; T. Johnson; V. Kiptily; K. Kirov; M. Laxåback; E. Lerche; J. Mailloux; I. Monakhov; M. F.F. Nave; M. Nightingale; V. Plyusnin; V. Petrzilka; F. Rimini; D. Van Eester; A. Whitehurst; E. Wooldridge; M. Vrancken

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Overview of recent results on heating and current drive in the JET tokamak

M. L. Mayoral, J. Ongena, A. Argouarch, Yu Baranov, T. Blackman, V. Bobkov, R. Budny, L. Colas, A. Czarnecka, L. Delpech, F. Durodié, A. Ekedahl, M. Gauthier, M. Goniche, R. Goulding, M. Graham, J. Hillairet, S. Huygen, Ph Jacquet, T. JohnsonV. Kiptily, K. Kirov, M. Laxåback, E. Lerche, J. Mailloux, I. Monakhov, M. F.F. Nave, M. Nightingale, V. Plyusnin, V. Petrzilka, F. Rimini, D. Van Eester, A. Whitehurst, E. Wooldridge, M. Vrancken

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In this paper, significant results in the heating and current drive domains obtained at JET in the past few years following systems upgrade and dedicated experimental time, will be reviewed. Firstly, an overview of the new Ion Cyclotron Resonance Frequency (ICRF) heating capabilities will be presented i.e. results from the ITER-Like ICRF antenna (ILA), the use of External Conjugate-T and 3dB hybrid couplers to increase the ICRF power during ELMy H-mode. Furthermore, experiments to study the influence of the phasing of the ICRF antenna on power absorption and coupling will be described. Looking at Low Hybrid (LH) issues for ITER, the effect of the location of gas injection on the LH coupling improvement at large launcher-separatrix distances will be discussed as the possibility to operate at ITER-relevant power densities. Experiments to characterise the LH power losses in the Scrape-Off-Layer (SOL) and to determine the LH wave absorption and current drive using power modulation will be shown. Finally, plasma rotation studies in the presence of ICRF heating with standard and enhanced JET toroidal field ripple will be presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Radio Frequency Power in plasmas - Proceedings of the 18th Topical Conference
Pages	39-46
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3273777
State	Published - 2009
Event	18th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in plasmas - Gent, Belgium Duration: Jun 24 2009 → Jun 26 2009

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1187
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	18th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in plasmas
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Gent
Period	06/24/09 → 06/26/09

Funding

Funders	Funder number
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council	EP/G003955/1

Keywords

Conjugate-T
Current drive
ELM tolerance
Heating
ICRF
JET
LH
Rotation

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Mayoral, M. L., Ongena, J., Argouarch, A., Baranov, Y., Blackman, T., Bobkov, V., Budny, R., Colas, L., Czarnecka, A., Delpech, L., Durodié, F., Ekedahl, A., Gauthier, M., Goniche, M., Goulding, R., Graham, M., Hillairet, J., Huygen, S., Jacquet, P., ... Vrancken, M. (2009). Overview of recent results on heating and current drive in the JET tokamak. In Radio Frequency Power in plasmas - Proceedings of the 18th Topical Conference (pp. 39-46). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1187). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3273777

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