SUNIST
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{{Infobox fusion devices
|name = SUNIST
|fullname = Sino-UNIted Spherical Tokamak
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|type = Spherical tokamak
|city = Beijing
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|country = China
|affiliation = Tsinghua University
|major_radius = {{cvt|30|cm}}
|minor_radius = {{cvt|23|cm}}
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|field = {{cvt|0.15|T}} (toroidal)
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|current = {{val|30|ul=kA}}
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|operation_start_year = 2002
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|ongoing = yes
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|website = {{url|http://www.sunist.org|SUNIST Laboratory}}
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SUNIST (or Sino-UNIted Spherical Tokamak) is a small spherical tokamak in the Department of Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.{{Cite journal|last1=Ying|first1=Wang|last2=Li|first2=Zeng|last3=Yexi|first3=He|last4=Team|first4=SUNIST|date=2003|title=Initial Plasma Startup Test on SUNIST Spherical Tokamak|url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1009-0630/5/6/001|journal=Plasma Science and Technology|language=en|volume=5|issue=6|pages=2017–2022|doi=10.1088/1009-0630/5/6/001|bibcode=2003PlST....5.2017W |s2cid=250762020 |issn=1009-0630|url-access=subscription}}
The main parameters of SUNIST
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| Parameter
! Symbol ! Value |
|---|
| Major radius
| R | 30 cm |
| Minor radius
| a | 23 cm |
| Elongation ratio
| κ | 1.6 |
| On-axis magnetic field
| B0 | 1500 gauss (0.15 T) |
| Typical plasma current
| IP | 30 kA |
Current research activities
Alfven wave current drive experiments in spherical tokamak plasmas
Alfven wave can generate toroidal plasma current without density limits. This is very favourable for spherical tokamak plasmas, which have very high dielectric constants that makes LHCD or ECCD very hard.
References
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- [http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1009-0630/4/4/003/pst_4_4_003.pdf A Research Program of Spherical Tokamak in China]
- [http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1009-0630/5/6/001/pst_5_6_001.pdf Initial Plasma Startup Test on SUNIST Spherical Tokamak ]
- [http://www.cas.cn/html/Dir/2006/01/17/13/70/52.htm News about the construction of the SUNIST shperical tokamak (in Chinese)]
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