Project Status
Commissioning Process
COMMISSIONING PROGRESS
- Feb. 29, 2008 : Vacuum pumping started after final inspectioin
- Apr. 03, 2008 : Magnet system cool-down started (9 kW refrigerator)
- Apr. 23, 2008 : SC phase transition detected (TF coil at 18 K)
- May. 12, 2008 : TF coil commissioning completed (15 kA, 8 hr)
- May. 27, 2008 : PF coil commissioning completed (4 kA)
- May. 29, 2008 : ECH pre-ionization test started (1.5 T, 84GHz)
- Jun. 13, 2008 : First plasma achieved (107 kA, ECH assisted)
- Jul. 15, 2008 : 1st plasma campaign completed (pulse length up to 865 ms)
- Jul. 20, 2008 : Warm up started
- Aug. 02, 2008 : Completion of the 1st campaign
1st plasma campagn result
KSTAR as an international research device with various collaboration programs
- Successfully operation of the superconducting tokamak in the first trial without any defect to prevent operation and plasma experiment
- Successfully achievement of the 2nd harmonic ECH pre-ionization for the lower voltage plasma discharge
- Max. plasma current:133kA(shot 976)
- Max. pulse length:862ms(shot 1127)
- First Plasma, Max.Current(133kA) Plasma, Max.Duration Plaslma, Max.Flat-top Plasma