START-UP AND RAMP-UP OF THE PLT TOKAMAK BY LOWER HYBRID WAVES.

  • F. C. Jobes
  • , S. Bernabei
  • , T. K. Chu
  • , N. J. Fisch
  • , W. M. Hooke
  • , C. F.F. Karney
  • , E. B. Meservey
  • , R. W. Motley
  • , J. E. Stevens
  • , S. von Goeler

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Abstract

Lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) is an inherently steady state means of maintaining the poloidal field of a tokamak. Experiments have been performed on PLT and other tokamaks to examine the role of LHCD in start-up and ramp-up as well as to examine the efficiency of steady-state current drive. Both the start-up and the ramp-up experiments on PLT were quite successful, with the start-up experiment obtaining currents up to 20% of full current for PLT, and the ramp-up experiments obtaining ramp-up efficiencies of approximately 20%.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEttore Majorana International Science Series
Subtitle of host publicationPhysical Sciences
PublisherPlenum Press
Pages203-216
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)0306422360, 9780306422362
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986

Publication series

NameEttore Majorana International Science Series: Physical Sciences
Volume26
ISSN (Print)0270-188X

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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