Xu Yang Yueqiang Liu Wei Xu Yuling He Guoliang Xia
The influence of negative plasma triangularity on the n=1 (n is the toroidal mode number) tearing mode (TM) stability has been numerically investigated, with results compared to that of the positive triangularity counterpart. By matching the safety factor profile for a series of toroidal equilibria, several important plasma parameters, including th…
Preprint PublishedGuoliang Xia Yueqiang Liu T.C. Hender K.G. McClements E. Trier E. Tholerus
In this work, the MARS-F/K codes (Liu Y Q et al 2000 Phys. Plasmas 7 3681 & Liu Y Q et al 2008 Phys. Plasmas 15 112503) are utilized to model the passive and active control of the n=1 (n is the toroidal mode number) resistive wall mode (RWM) in a spherical tokamak (aspect rat…
Preprint PublishedGuoliang Xia T.C. Hender Yueqiang Liu E. Trier
The Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) is a UKAEA program that aims to deliver a prototype fusion energy plant and a path to commercial viability of fusion [1]. The low aspect ratio spherical tokamak is attractive because of its potential to achieve high normalized beta βN operation, and the fusion power ~β…
PreprintYuling He Yueqiang Liu Li Li Xu Yang Guoliang Xia
Magnetic feedback stabilization of the tearing mode (TM) is numerically investigated, utilizing the MARS-F code (Liu et al 2000 Phys. Plasmas 7 3681) for toroidal tokamak equilibria. Magnetic feedback generally (partially or fully) stabilizes the TM independent of the feedback coil configuration and the type of plasma equilibrium. The best c…
PublishedTingting Wu Hongda He Yueqiang Liu L. Li，Guoliang Xia Lina Zhou
A systematic numerical investigation of the n =1 ( n is the toroidal mode number) internal kink mode (IKM) stability is carried out, for a conventional aspect ratio tokamak plasma in the presence of parallel equilibrium flow or its poloidal/toroidal projections. The computational results, obtained utilizing the recently updated MARS-F code [Y. Q…
PreprintLi Li Yueqiang Liu Guoliang Xia Y. F. Wang Q. B. Luan W. D. Zhang F. C. Zhong
A recently updated version of the MARS-F code [Y. Q. Liu et al. Phys. Plasmas 7, 3681 (2000); L. Li et al. Phys. Plasmas 25, 082512 (2018); G. L. Xia et al. Nucl. Fusion 59, 126035 (2019)] is utilized to numerically investigate the plasma screening effect on the applied resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) field, assuming various equilibrium flo…
Preprint PublishedShuo Wang Yueqiang Liu Guoliang Xia X. M. Song G. Z. Hao L. Li B. Li N. Zhang G. Q. Dong X. Bai G. Y. Zheng
The resistive wall mode (RWM) control on the HL-2M tokamak is simulated with the MARS-F code [Liu Y Q et al 2000 Phys. Plasmas 7 3681], aiming at quantifying control current and voltage requirements when more realistic issues are taken into account, i.e. the control power saturation and the sensor signal noise. The fluid model predicts a narrow st…
Preprint PublishedGuanqi Dong Yueqiang Liu Xi Chen Guangzhou Hao Yi Liu Shuo Wang Neng Zhang Guoliang Xia
In quiescent H-mode (QH-mode) regime, edge harmonic oscillations (EHOs) are believed to provide necessary radial transport to prevent occurrence of large edge localized modes. A systematic modeling study is performed here on the low-n EHOs in a DIII-D QH-mode plasma [Chen et al. 2016 Nucl. Fusion 56 076011], by utilizing the MARS-Q code [Liu et a…
Preprint PublishedYuling He Yueqiang Liu Xu Yang Guoliang Xia Li Li
Modification of the external tearing index, Δ’ext , by magnetic feedback is analytically investigated, for the purpose of controlling the resistive plasma resistive wall mode (RP-RWM). The matching method is pursued, by deriving expressions for the close-loop Δ’ext and by linking it to the counterpart from the inner layer. Various…
Preprint PublishedGuoliang Xia Yueqiang Liu L. Li C. J. Ham Z . Wang Shuo Wang
Effects of parallel and poloidal flows, as well as the flow shear, on the resistive wall mode (RWM) instability have been numerically investigated in toroidally rotating plasmas, utilizing a recently updated version of the MARS-F code (Liu Y Q et al 2000 Phys. Plasmas 7 3681). A significant difference between these flow…
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