简介:Experimentsonlowerhybridwave(LHW)couplingwereinvestigatedintheHT-7tokamak.GoodcouplingofLHWplasmahasbeendemonstratedatdifferentconditionsintheHT-7tokamak.RelevantresultshaveprovedthatLHW-plasmacouplingisaffectedbythephasedifferencebetweenadjacentwaveguides.Furthermore,theedgedensityaroundthegrillandrelevantcouplingcanbeadjustedbychangingtheplasmalineaveragedensityorthegapvaluebetweentheLHgrillandthelastclosedfluxsurfaces(LCFS).ItisfoundthatthecouplingofLHWsbecomespoorwhentheedgedensityaroundtheLHgrillislargeenoughintheHT-7tokamak,andthatcouplingremainsgoodwithaproperedgedensity.WithincreasingLHWpower,itisalsofoundthatthereflectioncoefficients(RCs)increaseduetonon-lineareffectsunderconditionsoflowedgerecycling,butcandecreaseunderhighedgerecycling.Theedgedensitydependsmainlyonthecompetitionbetweentheponderomotiveforce(PMF)andtheedgerecyclingintensityintheHT-7tokamak.
简介:Thispaperreportsforthefirsttimeanexperimentalstudyonthepowerdepositionprofileoftheioncyclotronrangefrequencies(ICRF)powerdepositingonelectronsinHT-7.ThefastFouriertransform(FFT)analysisandthebreakinslope(BIS)methodareutilizedtoobtaintheinformationofthepowerdeposition.Theresultsindicatethattheelectronswereheateddirectly,andtheelectronsabsorbedaround20%oftheinputpowerofthedischargeofinterest.