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Title: Powerloads on the front end components and the duct of the heating and diagnostic neutral beam lines at ITER

Abstract

The heating and current drive beam lines (HNB) at ITER are expected to deliver ∼16.7 MW power per beam line for H beams at 870 keV and D beams at 1 MeV during the H-He and the DD/DT phases of ITER operation respectively. On the other hand the diagnostic neutral beam (DNB) line shall deliver ∼2 MW power for H beams at 100 keV during both the phases. The path lengths over which the beams from the HNB and DNB beam lines need to be transported are 25.6 m and 20.7 m respectively. The transport of the beams over these path lengths results in beam losses, mainly by the direct interception of the beam with the beam line components and reionisation. The lost power is deposited on the surfaces of the various components of the beam line. In order to ensure the survival of these components over the operational life time of ITER, it is important to determine to the best possible extent the operational power loads and power densities on the various surfaces which are impacted by the beam in one way or the other during its transport. The main factors contributing to these are the divergence of the beamlets and themore » halo fraction in the beam, the beam aiming, the horizontal and vertical misalignment of the beam, and the gas profile along the beam path, which determines the re-ionisation loss, and the re-ionisation cross sections. The estimations have been made using a combination of the modified version of the Monte Carlo Gas Flow code (MCGF) and the BTR code. The MCGF is used to determine the gas profile in the beam line and takes into account the active gas feed into the ion source and neutraliser, the HNB-DNB cross over, the gas entering the beamline from the ITER machine, the additional gas atoms generated in the beam line due to impacting ions and the pumping speed of the cryopumps. The BTR code has been used to obtain the power loads and the power densities on the various surfaces of the front end components and the duct modules for different scenarios of ITER operation. The gas profile and the magnetic field distribution for each scenario has been considered in these evaluations. The worst case power loads and power densities for each surface have been used to study their thermo-mechanical behaviour and manufacturing feasibility. The details of these calculations and results obtained are presented and discussed.« less

Authors:
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  1. ITER Organisation, 13607 St. Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex (France)
  2. RRC Kurchatov institute, 1, Kurchatov Sq, Moscow, 123182 (Russian Federation)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22391448
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1655; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: NIBS 2014: 4. International Symposium on Negative Ions, Beams and Sources, Garching (Germany), 6-10 Oct 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 U.S. Government; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; BEAM INJECTION HEATING; BEAM TRANSPORT; CRYOPUMPS; GAS FLOW; ION BEAMS; ITER TOKAMAK; KEV RANGE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEV RANGE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION; OPERATION; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; POWER DENSITY; SURFACES

Citation Formats

Singh, M. J., Boilson, D., Hemsworth, R. S., Geli, F., Graceffa, J., Urbani, M., Schunke, B., Chareyre, J., Dlougach, E., and Krylov, A. Powerloads on the front end components and the duct of the heating and diagnostic neutral beam lines at ITER. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4916468.
Singh, M. J., Boilson, D., Hemsworth, R. S., Geli, F., Graceffa, J., Urbani, M., Schunke, B., Chareyre, J., Dlougach, E., & Krylov, A. Powerloads on the front end components and the duct of the heating and diagnostic neutral beam lines at ITER. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916468
Singh, M. J., Boilson, D., Hemsworth, R. S., Geli, F., Graceffa, J., Urbani, M., Schunke, B., Chareyre, J., Dlougach, E., and Krylov, A. 2015. "Powerloads on the front end components and the duct of the heating and diagnostic neutral beam lines at ITER". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4916468.
@article{osti_22391448,
title = {Powerloads on the front end components and the duct of the heating and diagnostic neutral beam lines at ITER},
author = {Singh, M. J. and Boilson, D. and Hemsworth, R. S. and Geli, F. and Graceffa, J. and Urbani, M. and Schunke, B. and Chareyre, J. and Dlougach, E. and Krylov, A.},
abstractNote = {The heating and current drive beam lines (HNB) at ITER are expected to deliver ∼16.7 MW power per beam line for H beams at 870 keV and D beams at 1 MeV during the H-He and the DD/DT phases of ITER operation respectively. On the other hand the diagnostic neutral beam (DNB) line shall deliver ∼2 MW power for H beams at 100 keV during both the phases. The path lengths over which the beams from the HNB and DNB beam lines need to be transported are 25.6 m and 20.7 m respectively. The transport of the beams over these path lengths results in beam losses, mainly by the direct interception of the beam with the beam line components and reionisation. The lost power is deposited on the surfaces of the various components of the beam line. In order to ensure the survival of these components over the operational life time of ITER, it is important to determine to the best possible extent the operational power loads and power densities on the various surfaces which are impacted by the beam in one way or the other during its transport. The main factors contributing to these are the divergence of the beamlets and the halo fraction in the beam, the beam aiming, the horizontal and vertical misalignment of the beam, and the gas profile along the beam path, which determines the re-ionisation loss, and the re-ionisation cross sections. The estimations have been made using a combination of the modified version of the Monte Carlo Gas Flow code (MCGF) and the BTR code. The MCGF is used to determine the gas profile in the beam line and takes into account the active gas feed into the ion source and neutraliser, the HNB-DNB cross over, the gas entering the beamline from the ITER machine, the additional gas atoms generated in the beam line due to impacting ions and the pumping speed of the cryopumps. The BTR code has been used to obtain the power loads and the power densities on the various surfaces of the front end components and the duct modules for different scenarios of ITER operation. The gas profile and the magnetic field distribution for each scenario has been considered in these evaluations. The worst case power loads and power densities for each surface have been used to study their thermo-mechanical behaviour and manufacturing feasibility. The details of these calculations and results obtained are presented and discussed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4916468},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22391448}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1655,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}