Manufacturing process and tests of a lower hybrid passive active multi-junction launcher for long pulse experiments on Tore-Supra

Autor: C. Goletto, J. C. Hatchressian, R. Lambert, C. Brun, M. Maury, J.H. Belo, B. Soler, L. Marfisi, A. Ekedahl, D. Guilhem, M. Chantant, M. Lyonne, M. Houry, Lena Delpech, Gilles Lombard, E. Delmas, C. Portafaix, J. Achard, A. Saille, M. Prou, A. Martinez, Julien Hillairet, D. Thouvenin, Bernard Bertrand, F. Bouquey, M. Preynas, P. Joubert, R. Magne, B. Zago, A. Argouarch, E. Rousset, E. Corbel, Gilles Berger-By, A. Armitano, J.M. Verger, S. Poli, D. Volpe, J.P. Joanard, F. Samaille, P. Fejoz, L. Doceul, F. Faisse, G. Agarici, Z. Bej, Marc Missirlian, M. Lipa, D. Raulin, S. Madeleine, Karl Vulliez, Patrick Mollard, M. Goniche
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Fusion Engineering and Design. 86:279-287
ISSN: 0920-3796
Popis: A new Passive Active Multijunction (PAM) Lower Hybrid heating and Current Drive (LHCD) launcher, has been successfully manufactured and tested on Tore-Supra (TS). The design and the fabrication of this new actively cooled launcher based on the PAM concept, as the present ITER LHCD design, is a major component of the TS CIMES project (Components for the Injection of Matter and Energy in Steady-state), and will play a key role in the TS near term program. To achieve 1000 s pulses with a power flux of 25 MW/m 2 the PAM launcher has been designed for steady state (CW) operation (active cooling) with the objective of coupling 2.7 MW of LHCD power to the plasma at 3.7 GHz with a parallel index N ∥ = 1.7 ± 0.2. The launcher has achieved its qualifications tests, i.e. low power Radio Frequency measurements, vacuum and hydraulic leak tests, and has been installed on Tore-Supra tokamak in September 2009. It is commissioning on plasma started a month later, quickly achieving its design performance of 2.7 MW on a 35 s pulse. After a technical description of the PAM, this paper presents an overview of the project phases (RF optimization, manufacturing and qualification) and concludes with the first experimental results of the PAM.
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