Ion cyclotron resonance heating systems upgrade toward high power and CW operations in WEST

Julien Hillairet; Patrick Mollard; Yanping Zhao; Jean Michel Bernard; Yuntao Song; Arnaud Argouarch; Gilles Berger-By; Nicolas Charabot; Gen Chen; Zhaoxi Chen; Laurent Colas; Jean Marc Delaplanche; Pierre Dumortier; Frédéric Durodié; Annika Ekedahl; Nicolas Fedorczak; Fabien Ferlay; Marc Goniche; Jean Claude Hatchressian; Walid Helou; Jonathan Jacquot; Emmanuel Joffrin; Xavier Litaudon; Gilles Lombard; Riccardo Maggiora; Roland Magne; Daniele Milanesio; Jean Claude Patterlini; Marc Prou; Jean Marc Verger; Robert Volpe; Karl Vulliez; Yongsheng Wang; Konstantin Winkler; Qingxi Yang; Shuai Yuan

doi:10.1063/1.4936512

Ion cyclotron resonance heating systems upgrade toward high power and CW operations in WEST

Julien Hillairet, Patrick Mollard, Yanping Zhao, Jean Michel Bernard, Yuntao Song, Arnaud Argouarch, Gilles Berger-By, Nicolas Charabot, Gen Chen, Zhaoxi Chen, Laurent Colas, Jean Marc Delaplanche, Pierre Dumortier, Frédéric Durodié, Annika Ekedahl, Nicolas Fedorczak, Fabien Ferlay, Marc Goniche, Jean Claude Hatchressian, Walid HelouJonathan Jacquot, Emmanuel Joffrin, Xavier Litaudon, Gilles Lombard, Riccardo Maggiora, Roland Magne, Daniele Milanesio, Jean Claude Patterlini, Marc Prou, Jean Marc Verger, Robert Volpe, Karl Vulliez, Yongsheng Wang, Konstantin Winkler, Qingxi Yang, Shuai Yuan

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The design of the WEST (Tungsten-W Environment in Steady-state Tokamak) Ion cyclotron resonance heating antennas is based on a previously tested conjugate-T Resonant Double Loops prototype equipped with internal vacuum matching capacitors. The design and construction of three new WEST ICRH antennas are being carried out in close collaboration with ASIPP, within the framework of the Associated Laboratory in the fusion field between IRFM and ASIPP. The coupling performance to the plasma and the load-tolerance have been improved, while adding Continuous Wave operation capability by introducing water cooling in the entire antenna. On the generator side, the operation class of the high power tetrodes is changed from AB to B in order to allow high power operation (up to 3 MW per antenna) under higher VSWR (up to 2:1). Reliability of the generators is also improved by increasing the cavity breakdown voltage. The control and data acquisition system is also upgraded in order to resolve and react on fast events, such as ELMs. A new optical arc detection system comes in reinforcement of the Vr/Vf and SHAD systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 21St Topical Conference
Editors	Robert I. Pinsker
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780735413368
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936512
Publication status	Published - 10 Dec 2015
Event	21st Topical Conference on Radiofrequency Power in Plasmas - Lake Arrowhead, United States Duration: 27 Apr 2015 → 29 Apr 2015

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1689
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Conference	21st Topical Conference on Radiofrequency Power in Plasmas
Country/Territory	United States
City	Lake Arrowhead
Period	27/04/15 → 29/04/15

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Hillairet, J., Mollard, P., Zhao, Y., Bernard, J. M., Song, Y., Argouarch, A., Berger-By, G., Charabot, N., Chen, G., Chen, Z., Colas, L., Delaplanche, J. M., Dumortier, P., Durodié, F., Ekedahl, A., Fedorczak, N., Ferlay, F., Goniche, M., Hatchressian, J. C., ... Yuan, S. (2015). Ion cyclotron resonance heating systems upgrade toward high power and CW operations in WEST. In R. I. Pinsker (Ed.), Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas: Proceedings of the 21St Topical Conference Article 070005 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1689). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936512

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Hillairet, J, Mollard, P, Zhao, Y, Bernard, JM, Song, Y, Argouarch, A, Berger-By, G, Charabot, N, Chen, G, Chen, Z, Colas, L, Delaplanche, JM, Dumortier, P , Durodié, F, Ekedahl, A, Fedorczak, N, Ferlay, F, Goniche, M, Hatchressian, JC, Helou, W, Jacquot, J, Joffrin, E, Litaudon, X, Lombard, G, Maggiora, R, Magne, R, Milanesio, D, Patterlini, JC, Prou, M, Verger, JM, Volpe, R, Vulliez, K, Wang, Y, Winkler, K, Yang, Q & Yuan, S 2015, Ion cyclotron resonance heating systems upgrade toward high power and CW operations in WEST. in RI Pinsker (ed.), Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas: Proceedings of the 21St Topical Conference., 070005, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1689, American Institute of Physics Inc., 21st Topical Conference on Radiofrequency Power in Plasmas, Lake Arrowhead, United States, 27/04/15. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936512

Ion cyclotron resonance heating systems upgrade toward high power and CW operations in WEST. / Hillairet, Julien; Mollard, Patrick; Zhao, Yanping et al.
Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas: Proceedings of the 21St Topical Conference. ed. / Robert I. Pinsker. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2015. 070005 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1689).

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