ECW/EBW heating and current drive experiment results and prospects for CW operation in QUEST

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Idei, Hiroshi [1 ]
Zushi, Hideki [1 ]
Hanada, Kazuaki [1 ]
Kalinnikova, Evgeniya [2 ]
Nakamura, Kazuo [1 ]
Fujisawa, Akihide [1 ]
Nagashima, Yoshihiko [1 ]
Hasegawa, Makoto [1 ]
Matsuoka, Keisuke [1 ]
Kariya, Tsuyoshi [3 ]
Imai, Tsuyoshi [3 ]
Minami, Ryutaro [3 ]
Yoshida, Naoaki [1 ]
Sakamoto, Mizuki [3 ]
Watanabe, Hideo [1 ]
Tokunaga, Kazutoshi [1 ]
Ejiri, Akira [4 ]
Sakaguchi, Masatsugu [2 ]
Ishiguro, Masaki [2 ]
Tashima, Saya [2 ]
Fukuyama, Atsushi [5 ]
Igami, Hiroe [6 ]
Kubo, Shin [6 ]
Isobe, Mitsutaka [6 ]
Nagaoka, Kenichi [6 ]
Nakanishi, Hideya [6 ]
Nishino, Nobuhiro [7 ]
Kawasaki, Shoji [1 ]
Nakashima, Hisatoshi [1 ]
Higashijima, Aki [1 ]
Takase, Yuichi [4 ]
Maekawa, Takashi [8 ]
Mitarai, Osamu [9 ]
Kikuchi, Mitsuru [10 ]
Toi, Kazuo [6 ]
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[1] Research Institute for Fusion Science, Kasuga,816-8580, Japan
[2] Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Science, Kyushu University, Kasuga,816-8580, Japan
[3] Plasma Research Center, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba,305-8577, Japan
[4] Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa,277-8561, Japan
[5] Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto,606-8501, Japan
[6] National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki,509-5292, Japan
[7] Mechanical System Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima,739-8527, Japan
[8] Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto,606-8501, Japan
[9] Institute of Industrial Science and Technology Research, Tokai University, Kumamoto,862-8652, Japan
[10] Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka,311-0193, Japan
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Current drive system - Electron Bernstein waves - Long-pulse discharge - Phased array antenna systems - Phased array antennas - QUEST - Radio frequency power - Spherical Tokamak;
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A CW phased-array antenna system for electron cyclotron/Bernstein wave heating and current drive (ECWH/CD, EBWH/CD) experiments was developed in the QUEST. The antenna was designed to excite an elliptically polarized pure O-mode wave in oblique injection for the O-X-B mode conversion scenario, and its good performance was confirmed at a high power level. Long pulse discharges with a plasma current of 10 kA and 15 kA were non-inductively attained for 37 s and 20 s, respectively, with only radio frequency (RF) power. Divertor configurationswere also obtained in the RF-sustained plasmas. A new operational window for sustained plasma current was observed in the high-density plasma with a higher RF incident power. Two new heating and current drive systems with an 8.56GHz klystron and a 28GHz gyrotron are being prepared to conduct CW EBWH/CD experiments in the high-density plasma. © 2012 The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research.
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