The targeted heating and current drive applications for the ITER electron cyclotron system

Henderson, M.; Saibene, G.; Darbos, C.; Farina, D.; Figini, L.; Gagliardi, M.; Gandini, F.; Gassmann, T.; Hanson, Gregory R.; Loarte, A.; Omori, T.; Poli, E.; Purohit, D.; Takahashi, K.

doi:10.1063/1.4908598

The targeted heating and current drive applications for the ITER electron cyclotron system

Journal Article · Fri Feb 20 04:00:00 EST 2015 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4908598· OSTI ID:1424487

Henderson, M. ^[1]; Saibene, G. ^[2]; Darbos, C. ^[1]; Farina, D. ^[3]; Figini, L. ^[3]; Gagliardi, M. ^[2]; Gandini, F. ^[1]; Gassmann, T. ^[1]; Hanson, Gregory R. ^[4]; Loarte, A. ^[1]; Omori, T. ^[1]; Poli, E. ^[5]; Purohit, D. ^[1]; Takahashi, K. ^[6]

ITER Organization, Route de Vinon-sur-Verdon (France)
Fusion for Energy, Barcelona (Spain)
Istituto di Fisica del Plasma CNR, Milano (Italy)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). US ITER Project Office
Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching (Germany)
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Naka (Japan)

We present a 24 MW Electron Cyclotron (EC) system operating at 170 GHz and 3600 s pulse length is to be installed on ITER. The EC plant shall deliver 20 MW of this power to the plasma for Heating and Current Drive (H&CD) applications. The EC system is designed for plasma initiation, central heating, current drive, current profile tailoring, and Magneto-hydrodynamic control (in particular, sawteeth and Neo-classical Tearing Mode) in the flat-top phase of the plasma. A preliminary design review was performed in 2012, which identified a need for extended application of the EC system to the plasma ramp-up, flattop, and ramp down phases of ITER plasma pulse. The various functionalities are prioritized based on those applications, which can be uniquely addressed with the EC system in contrast to other H&CD systems. An initial attempt has been developed at prioritizing the allocated H&CD applications for the three scenarios envisioned: ELMy H-mode (15 MA), Hybrid (~12 MA), and Advanced (~9 MA) scenarios. In conclusion, this leads to the finalization of the design requirements for the EC sub-systems.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1424487

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22408053

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 22; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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