Title :
Improved Gyrotron Collectors
Author :
Ives, L. ; Neilson, Jeffrey ; Liqun Song
Author_Institution :
Calabazas Creek Res., San Mateo
Abstract :
Electron cyclotron heating (ECH) is well established as an effective mechanism for heating tokamak plasmas and is effective for controlling instabilities that can disrupt operation.Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. (CCR) is pursuing two approaches to improve collectors for high average power operation. The first is to increase the strength of the collector surface to withstand the anticipated power cycling. The second is to investigate alternative magnetic field configurations that adequately disperse the collector power without sweeping. The presentation present the results of this research.
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; gyrotrons; magnetic fields; plasma heating; alternative magnetic field configurations; anticipated power cycling; electron cyclotron heating; gyrotron collectors; high average power operation; instabilities control; tokamak plasmas heating; Circuits; Copper; Electron beams; Fatigue; Gyrotrons; Heating; Magnetic fields; Optical beams; Radio frequency; Tungsten;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2007. IVEC '07. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Kitakyushu
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0633-1
DOI :
10.1109/IVELEC.2007.4283212
