Electrostatic sensors for SPIDER experiment: Design, manufacture of prototypes, and first tests
Abstract
A system of electrostatic sensors has been designed for the SPIDER (Source for the production of Ions of Deuterium Extracted from RF plasma) experiment, prototype RF source of the ITER NBI (neutral beam injection). A prototype of the sensor system was manufactured and tested at the BATMAN (BAvarian Test MAchine for Negative ions) facility, where the plasma environment is similar to that of SPIDER. Different aspects concerning the mechanical manufacturing and the signal conditioning are presented, among them the RF compensation adopted to reduce the RF effects which could lead to overestimated values of the electron temperature. The first commissioning tests provided ion saturation current values in the range assumed for the design, so the deduced plasma density estimate is consistent with the expected values.
- Authors:
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- Consorzio RFX, Associazione Euratom-Enea sulla Fusione, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I-35127 Padova (Italy)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, 1533, D-85740 Garching (Germany)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22254009
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 2; Conference: ICIS 2011: 14. international conference on ion sources, Giardini-Naxos, Sicily (Italy), 12-16 Sep 2011; Other Information: (c) 2013 Euratom; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ANIONS; BEAM INJECTION; COMMISSIONING; DESIGN; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ITER TOKAMAK; MANUFACTURING; PLASMA DENSITY; SIGNAL CONDITIONING
Citation Formats
Brombin, M., E-mail: matteo.brombin@igi.cnr.it, Spolaore, M., Serianni, G., Barzon, A., Franchin, L., Pasqualotto, R., Pomaro, N., Taliercio, C., Trevisan, L., and Schiesko, L. Electrostatic sensors for SPIDER experiment: Design, manufacture of prototypes, and first tests. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4831746.
Brombin, M., E-mail: matteo.brombin@igi.cnr.it, Spolaore, M., Serianni, G., Barzon, A., Franchin, L., Pasqualotto, R., Pomaro, N., Taliercio, C., Trevisan, L., & Schiesko, L. Electrostatic sensors for SPIDER experiment: Design, manufacture of prototypes, and first tests. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4831746
Brombin, M., E-mail: matteo.brombin@igi.cnr.it, Spolaore, M., Serianni, G., Barzon, A., Franchin, L., Pasqualotto, R., Pomaro, N., Taliercio, C., Trevisan, L., and Schiesko, L. 2014.
"Electrostatic sensors for SPIDER experiment: Design, manufacture of prototypes, and first tests". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4831746.
@article{osti_22254009,
title = {Electrostatic sensors for SPIDER experiment: Design, manufacture of prototypes, and first tests},
author = {Brombin, M., E-mail: matteo.brombin@igi.cnr.it and Spolaore, M. and Serianni, G. and Barzon, A. and Franchin, L. and Pasqualotto, R. and Pomaro, N. and Taliercio, C. and Trevisan, L. and Schiesko, L.},
abstractNote = {A system of electrostatic sensors has been designed for the SPIDER (Source for the production of Ions of Deuterium Extracted from RF plasma) experiment, prototype RF source of the ITER NBI (neutral beam injection). A prototype of the sensor system was manufactured and tested at the BATMAN (BAvarian Test MAchine for Negative ions) facility, where the plasma environment is similar to that of SPIDER. Different aspects concerning the mechanical manufacturing and the signal conditioning are presented, among them the RF compensation adopted to reduce the RF effects which could lead to overestimated values of the electron temperature. The first commissioning tests provided ion saturation current values in the range assumed for the design, so the deduced plasma density estimate is consistent with the expected values.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4831746},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22254009},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
issn = {0034-6748},
number = 2,
volume = 85,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}