The TCV tokamak (R=0.88m,a<0.25m B_T<1.54 T is equipped with six 0.5MW gyrotron sources operating at 82.7 GHz for second harmonic X mode ECH. By distributing the ECCD current sources over the discharge cross section, fully driven stationary plasmas with I_p=210kA, n_(eo)=2×10~19m~(-3), T_(eo)≈4 keV, were obtained for the full discharge duration of 2 s .Highly peaked electron temperature profiles with T_(eo) up to 12 keV were obtained in central counter-current drive scenarios with off-axis ECH.
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