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 (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | A45-A53 |
| Journal | Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 5 A |
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| State | Published - May 2006 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Condensed Matter Physics