Status of the ITER ICRF system design - 'Externally Matched' approach

Journal Article · Fri Sep 28 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2800466· OSTI ID:21032748

Lamalle, P U; Dumortier, P; Durodie, F; Evrard, M; Louche, F; Messiaen, A; Vervier, M ^[1]; Shannon, M; Borthwick, A; Chuilon, B; Nightingale, M ^[2]; Brons, S ^[3]; Goulding, R; Swain, D ^[4]

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1. Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Association EURATOM-Belgian State, Royal Military Academy, B-1000 Brussels (Belgium)
2. UKAEA/EURATOM Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon OX14 3DB (United Kingdom)
3. FOM IPP Rijnhuizen, Association EURATOM-FOM, The Netherlands (Netherlands)
4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN 37831-6169, Tennessee, USA. Partners in TEC (United States)

The design of the ITER ICRF system has been under revision for several years. The paper presents the status of the design proposal based on a 24 strap antenna plug (6 poloidal by 4 toroidal short radiating conductors) in which the straps are passively combined in 8 poloidal triplets by means of 4-port junctions. These triplets are connected in parallel pairwise through matching elements to form 4 load-resilient conjugate-T circuits. All adjustable matching elements are located outside the plug, i.e. in the ITER port cell and in the generator area.

• OSTI ID: 21032748
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 933; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ANTENNAS
DESIGN
ICR HEATING
ION CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE
ITER TOKAMAK
PLASMA
RF SYSTEMS
TRIPLETS