Tore Supra LH transmitter upgrade, a new RF driver for the power spectrum

Journal Article · Fri Dec 23 04:00:00 EST 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3664948· OSTI ID:21612471

Berger-By, G; Achard, J; Armitano, A; Bouquey, F; Corbel, E; Delpech, L; Ekedahl, A; Lombard, G; Magne, R; Mollard, P; Pagano, M; Prou, M; Samaille, F; Volpe, D; Volpe, R ^[1]

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1. CEA IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance (France)

New real time tools have been developed for testing new 700kW/3.7GHz/CW klystrons and for the operations on very long plasma shots. After the commissioning of the 18 series tubes on the high power test bed facility, the installation of the first 8 klystrons in the Tore Supra transmitter and the adjustment tests on load, this upgrade work has been materialized during the last 2010 campaign by a successful operation on the Full Active Multijunction (FAM) C3 antenna, with new performances: 3.5MW/40s on plasma. The RF output power control in amplitude and phase has been improved for a better control of the wave spectrum launched into the plasma. The new klystrons have no modulating anode and the high cathode voltage must be adjusted with the RF input power in order to optimize the RF output power with a minimization of the thermal power losses in the collector. A new phase correction, depending on the 3 RF output power ranges used, has been introduced. The improvements made in 2009 and 2010 on the generic phase loop and the procedures used during the real time tests of the RF transfer functions in amplitude and phase are detailed below. All RF measurements systems, RF safety systems and the RF calibration procedures have been revised in order to have the best consistency, reproducibility and with a measurement error against the calorimetry measurement lower than 10%.

• OSTI ID: 21612471
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1406; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ANTENNAS
CALIBRATION
CALORIMETRY
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
DATA ACQUISITION
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRON TUBES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SPECTRA
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONS
KLYSTRONS
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
MICROWAVE TUBES
MINIMIZATION
OPERATION
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE
PLASMA
PLASMA PRODUCTION
RF SYSTEMS
SPECTRA
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TORE SUPRA TOKAMAK
TRANSFER FUNCTIONS