2 papers
physics.plasm-ph2022
Performance assessment of helicon wave heating and current drive in EXL-50 spherical torus plasmas
G. J. Qiao, D. Luo, S. D. Song +7
Analysis of helicon wave heating and current drive capability in EXL-50 spherical torus plasmas has been conducted. It is found that the driven current increases with the launched…
physics.plasm-ph2021
Investigation of the effectiveness of non-inductive `multi-harmonic' electron cyclotron current drive through modeling multi-pass absorptions in the EXL-50 spherical tokamak
D. Banerjee, S. D. Song, H. S. Xie +14
The effectiveness of multiple electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) harmonics has been thoroughly investigated in context of high current drive efficiency, generally observed in fully…