First Plasma Commissioning and Operational Highlights from India's First Spherical Tokamak at IPR
Kishore Mishra, Aditya Verma, N. Mansoori, Saurabh Verma, Y. Paravastu, M. S. Khan, Arvind Kumar, S. G. Thatipamula, Vishal Verma, M Sheetal, Mohit, U. Thaker, Ayush, Jignesh Patel, Praveenlal, Jagabandhu Kumar, F. S. Pathan, S. Ranjithkumar, S. Sam, Prasada Rao P., A. Jaiswal, S. Jha, Neelam Ramaiya, Utsav Rajvanshi, Santosh Pandya, K. Tahaliyani, S. Purohit, Suraj Gupta, Kiran Patel, Suman Aich, D. Kumawat, Deepak Kumar, Saurav Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Vismaysinh Raulji, Pramila, Praveena Kumari, Minsha Shah, Arun Prakash, Narendra Bhupesh, Amit K. Singh, V. Menon, Deepti Sharma, A. Kundu, G. K. Rajan, Prakash Parmar, Ankit Kumar, Vishnu Patel, Imran Mansuri, M Bhandarkar, H. Chudasma, Atish Sharma, Kirit Patel, H Masand, Prem Kumar, Parmesh Kumar, S Kannaujiya, Pramod Parmar, Arvind L. Thakur, C. G. Virani, Ankit Kumar, K. K. Ambulkar, Vilas Chaudhari, C. Danani, Y. S. S. Srinivas, S. Nair, K. Mahajan, R. Rajpal, M. B. Chowdhury, Manoj Kumar, S. K. Pathak, P. K. Sharma, Z. Khan, E. Rajendrakumar, J. Ghosh, Team ST
Abstract
A compact Spherical Tokamak(ST) is commissioned at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) to explore low aspect ratio tokamak physics and technologies that complement to the existing high aspect ratio tokamaks namely ADITYA-U and SST-1 by enabling studies on non-inductive startup, current drive in over dense plasmas, and shaped plasma physics on a low cost platform. The device, India's first spherical tokamak has completed major mechanical, magnetic, and electrical integration, and the coil system has been successfully tested with series of integrated commissioning. First plasma experiments have been carried out with a modest Ohmic system assisted by a 2.45GHz microwave system, supported by a centralized control and data acquisition system. An initial diagnostic set comprising visible imaging, spectroscopy, magnetics, and radiation monitors required for machine operation has been installed. This paper presents the integrated commissioning experiences and first plasma experiments of the newly installed machine.
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