Thermal behaviour of ICRH antennas on Tore Supra

Journal Article · Mon Sep 20 00:00:00 EDT 1999 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.59762· OSTI ID:21210436

Colas, L; Ladurelle, L; Agarici, G; Basiuk, V; Beaumont, B; Becoulet, A; Becoulet, M; Bucalossi, J; Guilhem, D; Nguyen, F ^[1]; Heuraux, S; Pecoul, S ^[2]

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1. Association Euratom-CEA pour la Fusion Controlet CEA Cadarache-13108 St. Paul-lez-Durance-France (France)
2. LPMI, Unite du CNRS 7040, Universite Henri Poincare, Nancy I, BP239, 54506 VandOeuvre Cedex-France (France)

The goal of the CIEL project on Tore Supra is to demonstrate a heat removal capability of 15MW convected plus 10MW radiated, over typical pulses of 1000s. Nearly all of this heating power will be delivered by RF systems, including ICRH. It is thus crucial to make sure that the RF system itself can sustain high thermal loads for long times. A systematic study of the thermal behavior of Tore Supra ICRH antennas has been undertaken, by means of visible and infrared light cameras. Experimental results demonstrate a variety of edge-antenna interaction phenomena, depending on the plasma configuration and the location on the plasma facing components (PFCs)

• OSTI ID: 21210436
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 485, Issue 1; Conference: 13. topical conference on radio frequency power in plasmas, Annapolis, MD (United States), 12-14 Apr 1999; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.59762; (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ANTENNAS
CAMERAS
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
FIRST WALL
ICR HEATING
ION TEMPERATURE
PLASMA
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
PULSES
RF SYSTEMS
TORE SUPRA TOKAMAK