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8–13 Oct 2012
US/Pacific timezone

EX/P3-27: Transition of Poloidal Viscosity by Electrode Biasing in the Large Helical Device

10 Oct 2012, 08:30
4h
Poster Room (Area F-B)

Poster Room (Area F-B)

Poster EXC - Magnetic Confinement Experiments: Confinement Poster: P3

Speaker

Mr Sumio Kitajima (Japan)

Description

The transitions to the improved confinement mode, which were accompanied with bifurcation phenomena characterized by a negative resistance, were clearly observed in various magnetic configurations on the Large Helical Device (LHD) by the electrode biasing. The configuration dependence of the transition condition and the radial resistivity qualitatively agreed with neoclassical theories. The effects of the ion viscosity maximum on the transition to an improved confinement mode were experimentally investigated by the externally controlled J x B driving force for a poloidal rotation using the hot cathode biasing in Tohoku University Heliac (TU-Heliac) [1, 2]. Here, J and B are a biasing electrode current and a magnetic field. In steady state the J x B driving force balances with the ion viscous damping force and the friction to neutral particles. Then the local maximum in ion viscosity can be evaluated experimentally from the external driving force at the transition. The remaining problems in the biasing experiments on TU-Heliac were (1) to spread a ripple component in magnetic configuration, and (2) to improve a target plasma to a high-performance region. In LHD the effective helical ripple and viscosity maxima have wider region than those in TU-Heliac. The relation between a poloidal Mach number and ion viscosities in LHD predicted by the neoclassical theory [3] shows that viscosity maxima change drastically depending on the position of the magnetic axis that mainly changes the effective helical ripple. LHD can produce higher temperature plasmas at higher field than the plasma in TU-Heliac. We tried the biasing experiment in LHD, and reported the first observation of transition phenomena [4]. In this paper we report the difference of the transition condition in three configurations by the electrode biasing experiments in LHD and the radial electric field and the viscosity estimated from the neoclassical transport code FORTEC-3D [5] for a non-axisymmetric system. [1] H. Takahashi et al., Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 48, 39 (2006). [2] S. Kitajima et al., Nucl. Fusion, 46, 200 (2006). [3] K. C. Shaing: Phys Rev. Lett. 76, 4364 (1996). [4] S. Kitajima et al., Nucl. Fusion, 51, 083029 (2011). [5] S. Satake et al., PPCF, 53, 054018 (2011).

Country or International Organization of Primary Author

Japan

Primary author

Mr Sumio Kitajima (Japan)

Co-authors

Dr Akihiro Shimizu (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Atsushi Okamoto (Tohoku University) Dr Hiromi Takahashi (National Institute for Fusion Science) Mr Jo Tachibana (Tohoku University) Mr Keiichi Ishii (Tohoku University) Prof. Kiyohiko Nishimura (National Institute for Fusion Science) Prof. Mamiko Sasao (Tohoku University) Mr Mamoru Kanno (Tohoku University) Dr Mamoru Shoji (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Masakazu Takayama (Akita Prefectural University) Dr Masayuki Tokitani (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Masayuki Yokoyama (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Naoko Ashikawa (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Shigeru Inagaki (Kyushu University) Dr Shinsuke Satake (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Suguru Masuzaki (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Takeshi Ido (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Tokihiko Tokuzawa (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Tomohiro Morisaki (National Institute for Fusion Science) Dr Yasuhiro Suzuki (National Institute for Fusion Science) Prof. Yoshio Nagayama (National Institute for Fusion Science) Mr Yu Sato (Tohoku University)

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