Measurement of the ICRH antenna phasing using antenna strap probe based diagnostic system in EAST tokamak

Autor: L.N. Liu, Q.C. Liang, H. Yang, X.J. Zhang, S. Yuan, Y.Z. Mao, W. Zhang, G.H. Zhu, L. Wang, C.M. Qin, Y.P. Zhao, Y. Cheng, K. Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Vol 54, Iss 10, Pp 3614-3619 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1738-5733
DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2022.05.030
Popis: To operate the ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) antennas in a better heating state and produce relatively low impurities, it is necessary to control the antenna spectrum by changing the antenna phasing. As the electrical length of the antenna feeding transmission lines is changing as a matter of the standing wave pattern at the ceramic supports, 90° elbows, T-connectors and antenna loops, we chose to measure the current at the grounding points of the antenna loops by antenna strap probe. The voltage drops along a small, several millimeter-long paths at the end of the antenna loops give a signal that is proportional to the current in the antenna loop. Through the simulation of the antenna strap probe and the actual measurement of the antenna phasing under vacuum conditions, the reliability of the antenna strap probe based diagnostic system have been successfully proved. Moreover, this system was successfully applied to the ICRH daily experiments in the spring of 2021. In the near future, the active real-time feedback control of the antenna phasing system will be developed based on this diagnostic system in the EAST tokamak.
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