Performance of a multi-section ICRF array for a RTO/RC ITER

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.59705· OSTI ID:21210504

Bosia, Giuseppe; Brambilla, Marco ^[1]

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1. Institut fur Plasmafisik, Boltzmanstrasse 2 Garching (Germany)

In an RTO/RC ITER, the Ion Cyclotron (IC) Heating and Current Drive System would need to operate at a power density of 6.5 MW/m{sup 2}, (or about twice the design value adopted in the ITER Final Design Report), in order to provide the required total power output of 40 MW of RF power from two equatorial ports. A significant upgrade of the original IC array design is necessary, in order to keep the operating RF voltage at the plasma interface within acceptable limits. This is in principle possible by increasing the number of array elements and by operating them in parallel. In the paper the prospects of this modifications and the implications on the array layout are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 21210504
• 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: 10.1063/1.59705; (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
DESIGN
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ICR HEATING
IONS
ITER TOKAMAK
NON-INDUCTIVE CURRENT DRIVE
PERFORMANCE
PLASMA
POWER DENSITY
RF SYSTEMS