Impurity transport in the T-10 tokamak plasma with ohmic heating is studied in this paper. The values of various impurities densities, measured with the use of passive spectral diagnostics in the visible (Z eff ), active charge exchange measurements (He, C, O), and integral bolometric measurements with absolute extreme ultraviolet detectors (Fe, W) are shown. The experimental data show that accumulation level is growing with impurity nuclear charge and determined by the parameter1.5 , which is common for all sorts of impurities. Accumulation process is determined by neoclassical processes and begins with the increase of impurity content in the plasma and ends with the formation of density profiles more peaked than the n e (r). In discharges with low γ anomalous transport completely dominates. So it prevents the impurity accumulation and flattens their density profiles down to the n e (r). These observations correlates with measured negative (positive) plasma potential in discharges with high γ (low γ). 1D modelling using ASTRA and STRAHL transport codes is performed to describe the behaviour of impurities in a wide range of T-10 ohmic regimes. It is shown that the coefficients of anomalous transport D an and V an established in Krupin et al (1983 Sov. J. Plasma Phys. 9 529-36) and Krupin et al (1985 12th EPS Conf. on Plasma Physics) by describing the density dynamics of injected argon and potassium ions are applicable for the modelling of the He, C, O, W impurity density profiles and their sources. The analysis of the obtained results allows us to state the existence of a common dependence of the anomalous transport for all ions (impurities and deuterons) on the discharge parameters in the T-10 ohmic regimes.

The optical thickness of the plasma is often insufficient to fully absorb the microwaves during heating at the second harmonic of the electron cyclotron frequency. An analysis of the experiments to the T-10 tokamak allows us to find the criteria for the full absorption, and to construct a canonical profile transport model for the full and partial absorptions of microwaves. The conditions to the equivalence of discharges in different tokamaks, and in a pair of tokamaks with the optimized W7-X stellarator are formulated. For equivalent discharges, calculations to the T-15MD tokamak under construction with the obtained model coincide with measurements of electron and ion temperatures in the W7-X over a wide range of plasma densities. The validated model is used to analyze future shots of T-15MD.

First experimental results of tungsten transport investigation in OH and ECRH plasmas in the T-10 tokamak with W-limiter and movable Li-limiter are presented. It is shown that tungsten tends to accumulate (a joint process of cumulation and peaking) near the plasma axis in ohmic regimes. The cumulation of W is enhanced in discharges with high values of the parameter that coincides with accumulation conditions of light and medium impurities in T-10 plasmas. Experiments with Li-limiter show the immeasurable level of Li3+ (0.3–0.5% of ne) of T-10 CXRS diagnostics because of the low inflow of Li with respect to other light impurities. Nevertheless, the strong influence of lithium on inflow of light and tungsten impurities is observed. In discharges with lithized walls, vanishing of light impurities occurs and values of are obtained. It is also shown that the tungsten density in the plasma center decreases by 15 to 20 times while the W inflow reduces only by 2 to 4 times. In lithized discharges with high γ, the flattening of the tungsten density profile occurs and its central concentration decreases up to 10 times during the on-axis ECRH. This effect is observed together with the increase of the W inflow by 3 to 4 times at the ECRH stage.

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The charge exchange recombination spectroscopy (CXRS) diagnostics on the T-10 tokamak is described. The system is based on a diagnostic neutral beam and includes three high etendue spectrometers designed for the ITER edge CXRS system. A combined two-channel spectrometer is developed for simultaneous measurements of two beam-induced spectral lines using the same lines of sight. A basic element of the combined spectrometer is a transmitting holographic grating designed for the narrow spectral region 5291 ± 100 Å. The whole CXRS system provides simultaneous measurements of two CXRS impurity spectra and Hα beam line. Ion temperature measurements are routinely provided using the C(6+) CXRS spectral line 5291 Å. Simultaneous measurements of carbon densities and one more impurity (oxygen, helium, lithium etc.) are carried out. Two light collecting systems with 9 lines of sight in each system are used in the diagnostics. Spatial resolution is up to 2.5 cm and temporal resolution of 1 ms is defined by the diagnostic neutral beam diameter and pulse duration, respectively. Experimental results are shown to demonstrate a wide range of the CXRS diagnostic capabilities on T-10 for investigation of impurity transport processes in tokamak plasma. Developed diagnostics provides necessary experimental data for studying of plasma electric fields, heat and particle transport processes, and for investigation of geodesic acoustic modes.