Overview of MAST Neutral Beam System performance

Author

Homfray, D.A. ; Ciric, M. ; Dunkley, V. ; King, R. ; Payne, D. ; Simmonds, M.R. ; Stevens, B. ; Stevenson, P. ; Tame, C. ; Warder, S.E.V. ; Whitehead, A.M. ; Young, D.

Author_Institution

Culham Sci. Centre, EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Assoc., Abingdon, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of the MAST Neutral Beam System detailing both control and diagnostic capabilities. The operational experience of commissioning the beam line and the performance and characterization of the beams is described. Additional protection systems have been introduced and their design and operation are covered. Finally, future implementations to provide greater and more efficient performance are proposed, that will allow greater flexibility and configurability in the use of NBI in the MAST experimental program.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor operation; plasma diagnostics; MAST neutral beam system; Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak; diagnostic capability; reactor design; reactor operation; Acceleration; Apertures; Control systems; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Power system protection; Pulsed power supplies; System performance; Tokamaks; Valves; MAST; diagnostic; interlocks; neutral beam; plasma heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 2009. SOFE 2009. 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2635-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2636-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226423

Filename

5226423