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Magnetic energy dissipation during the current quench of disruption in EAST

Part of: Focus on Fusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2020

T. Tang Open the ORCID record for T. Tang [Opens in a new window] ,
L. Zeng ,
D. L. Chen ,
R. S. Granetz ,
S. T. Mao ,
Y. M. Duan ,
L. Zhang ,
H. D. Zhuang ,
X. Zhu  and
H. Q. Liu
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T. Tang
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230031, PR China
L. Zeng*
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
D. L. Chen
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
R. S. Granetz
Affiliation:
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Cambridge, MA02139, USA
S. T. Mao
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
Y. M. Duan
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
L. Zhang
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
H. D. Zhuang
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
X. Zhu
Affiliation:
Advanced Energy Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, PR China
H. Q. Liu
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
B. Shen
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
Y. X. Jie
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
X. Gao*
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, PO BOX 1126, Hefei230031, PR China
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†Email addresses for correspondence: zenglong@ipp.ac.cn, xgao@ipp.ac.cn
†Email addresses for correspondence: zenglong@ipp.ac.cn, xgao@ipp.ac.cn
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Abstract

A disruption database characterizing the current quench of disruptions with ITER-like tungsten divertor has been developed on EAST. It provides a large number of plasma parameters describing the predisruptive plasma, current quench time, eddy current, and mitigation by massive impurity injection, which shows that the current quench time strongly depends on magnetic energy and post-disruption electron temperature. Further, the energy balance and magnetic energy dissipation during the current quench phase has been well analysed. Magnetic energy is also demonstrated to be dissipated mainly by ohmic reheating and inductive coupling, and both of the two channels have great effects on current quench time. Also, massive gas injection is an efficient method to speed up the current quench and increase the fraction of impurity radiation.

Keywords

fusion plasmaplasma instabilitiesplasma confinement
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 86 , Issue 5 , October 2020 , 905860509
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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