ITER LHCD Plans and Design

Author

Bibet, Ph ; Beaumont, B. ; Belo, J.H. ; Bizarro, J.P.S. ; Delpech, L. ; Ekedahl, A. ; Granucci, G. ; Kazarian, F. ; Kuzikov, S. ; Litaudon, X. ; Mailloux, J. ; Mirizzi, F. ; Pericoli, V. ; Prou, M. ; Rantamäki, K. ; Tuccillo, A.A.

Author_Institution

Assoc. Euratom-CEA, St Paul Lez Durance

fYear

2005

fDate

Sept. 2005

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

LH waves experimentally exhibit the highest current drive efficiency at low plasma temperature, therefore they are the most suitable candidates for controlling the current profile in the off axis part of ITER steady state plasmas. For this purpose, a 5 GHz, 20 MW CW LH system has been designed, that relies on a generator made of 24 klystrons, 1 MW each, 60 metres long circular oversized transmission lines, and one antenna, based on the Passive Active Multijunction (PAM) concept. High reliability of the launcher is achieved, by limiting the power density to 33 MW/m². Together with the overall system description, the present results achieved toward ITER are presented. The different ongoing projects are listed. The outstanding problems are depicted

Keywords

Tokamak devices; antennas in plasma; fusion reactor design; plasma hybrid waves; plasma temperature; plasma transport processes; transmission lines; 20 MW; 5 GHz; ITER steady state plasmas; LH waves; LHCD design; LHCD plans; Passive Active Multijunction; antenna; current drive efficiency; current profile; long circular oversized transmission lines; low plasma temperature; power density; Antenna accessories; Chromium; Electrons; Frequency; Physics; Plasma density; Plasma temperature; Steady-state; Temperature control; Tokamaks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering 2005, Twenty-First IEEE/NPS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

Print_ISBN

0-4244-0150-X

Electronic_ISBN

0-4244-0150-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.2005.252946

Filename

4018980