1. NSTX HIGH HARMONIC FAST WAVE CALCULATIONS
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CD OPERATIONS
P. M. Ryan, D. W. Swain, M. D. Carter, E. F. Jaeger, R. A. Rasmussen, J. B. Wilgen, ORNL
J. R. Wilson, J. C. Hosea, B. P. Leblanc, C. K. Phillips, A. L. Rosenberg, PPPL
T. K. Mau, UC-San Diego, P. T. Bonoli, MIT, R. W. Harvey, CompX, and the NSTX Team
HHFW SYSTEM OVERVIEW
ABSTRACT
Improvements in the vacuum feedthroughs permitted higher power HHFW current drive experiments to be performed on NSTX in Up to 4.3 MW was applied to He plasmas, raising the peak central electron temperature up to 2.3 keV. Normalized current drive efficiency estimates ( ~ 0.035x1019 AW-1m-2) were similar to those previously obtained for D plasmas at lower power (2.1 MW) and Te0 (1.4 keV) for similar conditions (kz = 7.6 m-1, <ne> ~ 1x1019 m-3, Ip = 0.5 MA). Studies are being performed with the full-wave code AORSA to determine the optimum launched wave spectrum which will both heat the electrons effectively and drive current efficiently with the present system. These calculations will be compared to results from both ray-tracing codes and other full-wave codes. The RANT3D code will be used to calculate the plasma loading for these phasing scenarios so that power tuning/matching requirements can be anticipated.
Cut through antenna midplanes,
viewed from above
NSTX antennas installed in the vacuum vessel Boron Nitride limiters surround each antenna
HHFW SYSTEM
6 MW Power (six 1 MW transmitters).
12-Element Antenna Array.
Each transmitter drives one half-wave resonant loop.
Shunt decouplers compensate for inductive coupling between straps, effectively isolating transmitters from one another.
Digital feedback control of phase shift between array elements.
HHFW SYSTEM
CIRCUIT FOR 6 TRANSMITTERS, 12-ELEMENT ANTENNA ARRAY
12 current straps
6 resonant loops
6 stub decouplers
6 quarter wave transformers
Straps 1-7, 2-8 ,... connected in resonant loops
Substantial inter-strap coupling (k21 ≈ 0.1 in vacuum) compensated for by decouplers
HHFW Characteristics in NSTX
f = 30 MHz
fci = 3.3 MHz (at center for D+ ions, B0 = 0.45 T)
w/Wci ≈ 10 (at center) to 20 (at outer edge)
High density (≥ 1019 m-3) and low B give high dielectric constant e = 50 – 100
Electrical length of each loop is 2 l
Currents in straps at each end are out of phase (π phasing)
Df = array phase shift

2. REAL TIME FEEDBACK CONTROL OF ARRAY PHASE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED
HHFW PHASED-ARRAY OPERATION
HHFW CURRENT DRIVE MODELING
TORIC (Bonoli and Brambilla)
Full-wave ICRF field solver strictly valid in the ion FLR limit of (ki)2 << 1
Run Order Reduction Algorithm (ORA) to obtain correct electric field polarization for the HHFW
Poloidal field neglected with ORA in TORIC - (B = 0).
AORSA (Jaeger)
Power deposition profiles from TORIC agree with profiles from the AORSA code, which has no limitations on kI and includes poloidal field effects.
Calculated electron power absorption profiles are coupled to Ehst-Karney adjoint solution for current drive efficiency to obtain current density profiles.
TORIC sees significant reduction in JFW due to absorption by trapped electrons.
Power deposition profiles
SUMMARY OF CURRENT DRIVE CALCULATIONS FOR 7 m-1
Co-CD Cntr-CD Total DI ICD/P gFW
(kA) (kA) (kA) (A/W) (A•m-2/W) 0D
TORIC
CURRAY
Driven Current Density Profiles
TORIC and AORSA give similar power absorption profiles.
CURRAY (Mau)
Ray-tracing code uses rays to represent launched spectrum.
Power distribution : P(q) ~ cos2(koL)
Dispersion relation is hot electron and cold ion.
Damping is linear on Maxwellian species and includes hot plasma effects to all orders in ki, using k determined locally via an order reduction scheme.
Power absorption and current density profiles from CURRAY are peaked on axis for both co- and counter-CD cases
Nearly all power (96-100%) is absorbed on the electrons.
B (near antennas)
Pitch angle of the magnetic field at the antennas can be as large as 45º
Asymmetries between co-CD and counter-CD directions are more pronounced at higher wavenumbers.
Asymmetric plasma response means even symmetric phasings can give rise to directional wave spectra.
LOADING WITH Df = -p/2 PHASING IS 2X THE LOADING WITH +p/2
Measured load resistance Rload* for co-, counter-, and 00pp00 phasing agrees with calculations
12x12 impedance matrix from RANT3D (Im part, diag. term suppressed) shows asymmetry
Strap #
Asymmetry in plasma response causes observed loading imbalance between co-CD and counter-CD phasing
ASYMMETRIC PLASMA RESPONSE
Asymmetric response to symmetric array excitation
caused by large pitch angle of magnetic field
kz power spectrum from GLOSI/RANT3D calculations
Counter-CD
Co-CD
Calculated Spectra From RANT3D
HHFW WAVE SPECTRA
Fixed 180º phase shift between strap pairs 1-7, 2-8, … prevents spectral peak from being smoothly varied with Df.
Full 12-element array operation at Df = ±30º, ±90º gives single-peaked wave spectra.
At other relative phases, the system operates as two 6-element arrays, leading to double-peaked wave spectra.
Plasma response asymmetries are smaller at smaller wave numbers.
Plasma loading is smaller at smaller wave numbers.
REAL TIME FEEDBACK CONTROL OF ARRAY PHASE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED
Inter-source phase control
Set electronically via a computerized waveform generator
Feedback control of source phases to fix the phases of antenna currents
Can set for any inter-source phasing, and can vary with time during a shot
Pre-programmed phase(t)
Operated with constant Df, and changed Df by 45° during a shot (e.g, 90° to 45°)
Phase errors generally < 10º.

3. Te(0) and line-average ne
HHFW CURRENT DRIVE - EFFECT ON LOOP VOLTAGE
Co-CD and counter-CD experiments were run with array phasings of Df = ± p/2 (k|| ~ ± 7.6 m-1)
107899: Co-CD, PHHFW = 2.1MW, solid lines
108907: Counter-CD, PHHFW = 1.2 MW, dotted lines
DEUTERIUM OPERATION (2002)
HELIUM OPERATION (2003)
RF ON (counter-CD)
RF ON (co-CD)
neL
Te(0)
Repair and modification of the vacuum feedthroughs permitted power to be increased to 4.3 MW for the 2003 current drive experiments in He. Current drive efficiencies, based on decrease in loop voltage, are similar to those obtained at lower power in D plasmas in 2002.
The RF power levels and gas feed were adjusted to similar electron temperature and density profiles for co- and counter-CD phasings.
RF On
Te(0)
<ne>
Co-CD (solid)
Cntr-CD (dotted)
Te(0) and line-average ne
Te profiles at 0.31 and 0.39 s
ne profiles at 0.31 and 0.39 s
Co-CD
Counter-CD
Measurement of the current density profile awaits the installation of the MSE diagnostic (2003). In the meantime, ICD can be estimated from the difference in loop voltage between co/cntr-CD phasings for similar plasma conditions.
Assumptions:
Steady-state conditions (t > L/R)
Plasma ohmic resistance (RP) and pressure profiles (IBS) are independent of array phasing.
Driven current is proportional to the RF power (Ico/Pco = Icntr/Pcntr) and inversely proportional to the density.
Then the relation IP = (V-0.5*IP*dLi/dt)/RP + IBS + ICD (where the loop voltage is both driving the ohmic current and changing the magnetic stored energy) can be used to estimate the driven current.
DICD ~ 180 kA (110 kA co, 70 kA counter)
ICD/PRF = 0.05 A/W
gFW = ICD<ne>R/PRF = x 1019 A • m-2/W
Normalized Internal Inductance
DI = 208 kA (123 kA co,
85 kA cntr)
ICD/PRF = 0.03 A/W
gFW = 0.03 x 1019 A•m-2/W
He operation
Df = ± p/2 (k|| = ±7.6 m-1)
Ip = 500 kA, B0 = 0.45 T
DVLOOP, Internal Inductance
0.22 V
AORSA predicts 183 to 256 kA with 4.3 MW
for the co-CD case
Loop Voltage
The changing internal inductance needs to be taken into account when comparing the loop voltage difference.
0.27 V
THE VOLTAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CO-CD AND COUNTER-CD PHASINGS IS INDICATIVE OF HHFW DRIVEN CURRENT, BUT THE CURRENT DENSITY PROFILE MEASUREMENTS FROM THE MSE DIAGNOSTIC ARE NEEDED TO BE CERTAIN.

4. CALCULATIONS FOR OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CD SCENARIOS
Full-wave calculations (AORSA) predict higher current drive efficiencies efficiencies for kz = 3 m-1 (Df = -30º) for central electron temperatures as low as 1 keV.
DYNAMIC PHASE SHIFTING DURING PULSE
For Te(0) < 1 keV, the electron heating efficiency is higher for larger kz.
Heat at high kz and switch to low kz during the pulse for more efficient CD.
Need to maintain a match (reflection coefficient r < 0.3) during phase shifting.
The plasma impedance code GLOSI and the antenna analysis code RANT3D were used to calculate the loading as a function of phase shift for a typical plasma case.
Average loading seen by each of the six transmitters is 13.5 W at -90º, 15.9 W at -60º, and 14.7 W at -30º.
Loading should be high enough to couple full power to the plasma without exceeding antenna voltage limits.
Density scan at constant temperature
(Te(0) = 2 keV)
Temperature scan at constant density
(ne(0) = 2e19 m-3)
EXAMPLES OF DYNAMIC PHASE SHIFT FOR VARIOUS MATCH CONDITIONS
EXP PTS
EXP PTS
Reflection Coefficient
Match for -90º
Reflection Coefficient
Match for -60º
Driven current profiles as a function of density for Te(0) = 2 keV
kz = 7.6 m-1
kz = 3 m-1
Driven current profiles as a function of electron temperature for ne(0) = 2e19 m-3
Reflection Coefficient
Match for -45º
Reflection Coefficient
Match for -30º
Difficult to maintain r < 0.3 as array phase shift is changed from -90º to -30º.
Feedback control on antenna voltage rather than transmitter power will be implemented during the next run period.
May be used in conjunction with plasma position control feedback to maintain match.