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Investigation of ion heating/acceleration during merging startup in spherical tokamak

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19J21339
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section国内
Review Section Basic Section 14020:Nuclear fusion-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Ahmadi Tara  東京大学, 工学系研究科, 特別研究員(DC1)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-25 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
KeywordsPlasma reconstruction / Magnetic probes / MHD simulation / Magnetic configuration / Tokamak / Merging-compression / Nuclear fusion / Plasma heating / ion heating / Spherical tokamak / Abel inversion / reconstruction method / Helmholtz decomposition / double null formation / fusion plasma / Ion velocity
Outline of Research at the Start

The main outlines of research this year will be the expansion of ion Doppler tomography system to new 3D system, study magnetic field fluctuations which is the reason of particle-wave interaction. The general point of this study will be understanding the physics behind the acceleration in special. Improving diagnostic system to measure plasma density will also be helpful during this year as the lack of plasma parameters limit the theory. Magnetic field fluctuation observation, wave analysis, detecting kinetic Alfven waves and their effects in particle's acceleration will be the main outlines.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

In 2021, we published results received from the 2D resistive MHD simulation conducted to study the role of the driving coils basic properties in maximizing the ion heating during the merging-compression and double-null merging startup methods. Right after, a question regarding the pressure balance during the flux rope formation and merging raised. The results of the 2D Hall MHD simulation showed that the internal toroidal magnetic field balances out the decreasing poloidal field which can be useful at the flux rope formation stage. After conducting multiple numerical studies, it became necessary to improve the quality of the experimental measurements by coupling the externally measured magnetic field values to the MHD simulation to calculate the internal plasma parameters which usually are unknown due to the high temperature of the core plasma. The results of these studies have been published in the various journals.

Research Progress Status

令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Reconstruction of the Internal Magnetic Configuration of Two Merging Spherical Tokamak Plasmas by External Probe Measurement and MHD Simulation2022

    • Author(s)
      Tara Ahmadi, Yasushi Ono, Hiroshi Tanabe, Yunhan Cai
    • Journal Title

      IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

      Volume: ----- Issue: 8 Pages: 1231-1233

    • DOI

      10.1002/tee.23614

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 2D MHD Study of the Plasma Formation Using the Induction of In-Vessel Poloidal Field Coils inside the Spherical Tokamak2021

    • Author(s)
      AHMADI Tara、ONO Yasushi
    • Journal Title

      Plasma and Fusion Research

      Volume: 16 Issue: 0 Pages: 1201095-1201095

    • DOI

      10.1585/pfr.16.1201095

    • NAID

      130008101548

    • ISSN
      1880-6821
    • Year and Date
      2021-09-30
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 2D Hall-MHD investigation of the magnetic pressure balance during merging start-up in spherical tokamaks2021

    • Author(s)
      Ahmadi T.、Ono Y.
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Fusion

      Volume: 61 Issue: 12 Pages: 126007-126007

    • DOI

      10.1088/1741-4326/ac26ea

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Two-dimensional resistive MHD simulation of the optimized plasma formation in the spherical tokamaks2021

    • Author(s)
      Tara Ahmadi, Hiroshi Tanabe and Yasushi Ono
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Fusion

      Volume: 61 Issue: 6 Pages: 066001-066001

    • DOI

      10.1088/1741-4326/abebce

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Global ion heating/transport during merging spherical tokamak formation2021

    • Author(s)
      Tanabe H.、Tanaka H.、Cao Q.、Cai Y.、Akimitsu M.、Ahmadi T.、Cheng C.Z.、Inomoto M.、Ono Y.
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Fusion

      Volume: 61 Issue: 10 Pages: 106027-106027

    • DOI

      10.1088/1741-4326/ac217c

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Spontaneous Formation of Plasmoid during Early Magnetic Reconnection Phase of Two Merging Tokamaks2020

    • Author(s)
      Cao Qinghong、Cai Yunhan、Akimitsu Moe、Xiang Junguang、Ahmadi Tara、Tanaka Haruaki、Tanabe Hiroshi、Ono Yasushi
    • Journal Title

      IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering

      Volume: 15 Issue: 9 Pages: 1403-1404

    • DOI

      10.1002/tee.23208

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Recent Progress in High Resolution 2D Imaging Measurements of Reconnection Heating during Merging Plasma Startup in TS-32019

    • Author(s)
      TANABE Hiroshi、CAO Qinghong、TANAKA Haruaki、AHMADI Tara、AKIMITSU Moe、SAWADA Asuka、INOMOTO Michiaki、ONO Yasushi
    • Journal Title

      Plasma and Fusion Research

      Volume: 14 Issue: 0 Pages: 3401110-3401110

    • DOI

      10.1585/pfr.14.3401110

    • NAID

      130007695136

    • ISSN
      1880-6821
    • Year and Date
      2019-07-24
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Investigation of fine structure formation of guide field reconnection during merging plasma startup of spherical tokamak in TS-3U2019

    • Author(s)
      Tanabe H.、Cao Q.、Tanaka H.、Ahmadi T.、Akimitsu M.、Sawada A.、Inomoto M.、Ono Y.
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Fusion

      Volume: 59 Issue: 8 Pages: 086041-086041

    • DOI

      10.1088/1741-4326/ab1cdf

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Plasma velocity profile during merging by using regularized reconstruction technique2019

    • Author(s)
      Tara AHMADI, Hiroshi TANABE, Yasushi ONO
    • Journal Title

      APS procceding

      Volume: 0 Pages: 588548-588548

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 2D Hall-MHD investigation of spherical tokamak formation and merging by using the induction of a pair of internal PF coils2021

    • Author(s)
      T. AHMADI, Y. ONO
    • Organizer
      AAPPS-DPP2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Reconstruction of the magnetic field configuration by use of novel MHD-EFIT model in TS-6 spherical tokamak merging experiment2021

    • Author(s)
      T. Ahmadi, Y. Ono, H.Tanabe, Y. Cai
    • Organizer
      APS-DPP2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Development of 2D MHD simulation of the double null spherical tokamak formation in ST40 device2020

    • Author(s)
      Ahmadi Tara, Hiroshi Tanabe, Yasushi Ono
    • Organizer
      AAPPS-DPP
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The new reco nstruction method for velocity profile in TS6 device2019

    • Author(s)
      Tara AHMADI, Hiroshi TANABE, Yasushi ONO
    • Organizer
      APS meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Reconstruction method reconstruction of toroidal plasma velocity in spherical plasmas, 362019

    • Author(s)
      Tara AHMADI, Hiroshi TANABE, Yasushi ONO
    • Organizer
      JSPS annual meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2019-05-29   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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