Benchmark testing of DIII-D neutral beam modeling with water flow calorimetry

Rauch, J. M.; Crowley, B. J.; Scoville, J. T.; Murphy, C. J.

doi:10.1109/SOFE.2015.7482413

Title: Benchmark testing of DIII-D neutral beam modeling with water flow calorimetry

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Power loading on beamline components in the DIII-D neutral beam system is measured in this paper using water flow calorimetry. The results are used to benchmark beam transport models. Finally, anomalously high heat loads in the magnet region are investigated and a speculative hypothesis as to their origin is presented.

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Rauch, J. M. ^[1]; Crowley, B. J. ^[1]; Scoville, J. T. ^[1]; Murphy, C. J. ^[1]

General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States). DIII-D National Fusion Facility

Publication Date:: 2016-06-02

Research Org.:: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1372325

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-04ER54698

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 2015 IEEE 26th Symposium

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 2015 IEEE 26th Symposium; Conference: 26. Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), Austin, TX (United States), 31 May-4 Jun 2015; Journal ID: ISSN 2155-9953

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Magnetic noise; Magnetic shielding; Magnetic separation; Collimators; Particle beams; Predictive models; Ion sources; Qt C++; Neutral beam; Perveance; Water flow calorimetry; Space-charge; Benchmark testing; Modeling

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                    Rauch, J. M., Crowley, B. J., Scoville, J. T., and Murphy, C. J.. Benchmark testing of DIII-D neutral beam modeling with water flow calorimetry.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Rauch, J. M., Crowley, B. J., Scoville, J. T., & Murphy, C. J.. Benchmark testing of DIII-D neutral beam modeling with water flow calorimetry.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1109/SOFE.2015.7482413

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  title        = {Benchmark testing of DIII-D neutral beam modeling with water flow calorimetry},

  author       = {Rauch, J. M. and Crowley, B. J. and Scoville, J. T. and Murphy, C. J.},

  abstractNote = {Power loading on beamline components in the DIII-D neutral beam system is measured in this paper using water flow calorimetry. The results are used to benchmark beam transport models. Finally, anomalously high heat loads in the magnet region are investigated and a speculative hypothesis as to their origin is presented.},

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  journal      = {Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 2015 IEEE 26th Symposium},

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