An 1.5D equilibrium evolution code was used to model the time evolution of the first ohmic discharges in the EAST experiment. Good agreement between the simulation and the experimental results was obtained in the plasma current, major radius, electron temperature, loop voltage and poloidal field （PF） current for the entire duration of the discharge, which indicates that the code is highly reliable and will allow to further study the EAST discharge. At the same time, the code also simulates some important plasma parameters without experimental measured data yet, such as the plasma minor radius, central and edge safety factors, elongation and triangilarity, which are important in the analysis of EAST data.
The reversed shear （RS） mode is one of the advanced configurations being considered in EAST. Predictive simulations of EAST reversed shear configuration are carried out using an 1.5D equilibrium evolution code. In order to have the desired monotonic q-profile during a tokamak discharge, a successful preparation phase is required. In our simulation, the plasma current is ramped up from 100 kA to a fiat-top maximum of 1.0 MA for four seconds. An ICRH power of 1 MW is applied until the plasma shape is formed at the moment of 4 s, and then the power is raised to 3 MW. A LHCD power of 3.5 MW is applied from ls to optimize the plasma current density profile. A series of simulations are performed to study the influence of the time of applying the auxiliary heating on the plasma parameters. Based on these simulations, a scheme is proposed and tested for the control of the safety factor profile, which is very useful in real time profile control in tokamak experiments.
