Status of transmission line and matching network design and testing for the ITER ion cyclotron heating and current drive system

Autor: P.V. Pesavento, N. Greenough, S.L. Gray, David A Rasmussen, G. C. Barber, E. Fredd, R.M. Sanabria, Charlotte Barbier, R. H. Goulding, R.L. Moon, D. W. Swain, D. O. Sparks, R. B. Peters, M.P. McCarthy, W. J. Wolframe, Ian Campbell
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
Popis: The ITER Ion Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive System is required to deliver 20 MW of RF Power in the frequency range 40-55 MHz to ITER plasmas for pulse lengths up to 3600 s. Components used in the transmission line and matching system include 305 mm diameter, Z0 = 50 Ω components with gas cooled inner conductors, and 330 mm diameter, Z0 = 20 Ω components with water-cooled inner conductors. All operate at pulse lengths up to 3600 s. Components used include transmission line sections, gas barriers, hybrid power splitters, stubs, hybrid phase shifters, coaxial 4-port switches, and vacuum capacitors. The system uses pre-matching near the antenna and a matching network ∼20 m away, including decouplers that compensate for the mutual inductance between antenna array elements. Some 50 Ω component test articles have been fabricated and will be shown. High power RF test fixtures have been constructed including a resonant ring that produces 6 MW of circulating power with 340 kW input power and VSWR as low as 1.1...
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