Optimizing ion-cyclotron resonance frequency heating for ITER: Dedicated JET experiments

E. Lerche; D. Van Eester; J. Ongena; M. L. Mayoral; M. Laxaback; F. Rimini; A. Argouarch; P. Beaumont; T. Blackman; V. Bobkov; D. Brennan; A. Brett; G. Calabro; M. Cecconello; I. Coffey; L. Colas; A. Coyne; K. Crombe; A. Czarnecka; R. Dumont; F. Durodie; R. Felton; D. Frigione; M. Gatu Johnson; C. Giroud; G. Gorini; M. Graham; C. Hellesen; T. Hellsten; S. Huygen; P. Jacquet; T. Johnson; V. Kiptily; S. Knipe; A. Krasilnikov; P. Lamalle; M. Lennholm; A. Loarte; R. Maggiora; M. Maslov; A. Messiaen; D. Milanesio; I. Monakhov; M. Nightingale; C. Noble; M. Nocente; L. Pangioni; I. Proverbio; C. Sozzi; M. Stamp; W. Studholme; M. Tardocchi; T. W. Versloot; V. Vdovin; M. Vrancken; A. Whitehurst; E. Wooldridge; V. Zoita

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Optimizing ion-cyclotron resonance frequency heating for ITER: Dedicated JET experiments

E. Lerche, D. Van Eester, J. Ongena, M. L. Mayoral, M. Laxaback, F. Rimini, A. Argouarch, P. Beaumont, T. Blackman, V. Bobkov, D. Brennan, A. Brett, G. Calabro, M. Cecconello, I. Coffey, L. Colas, A. Coyne, K. Crombe, A. Czarnecka, R. DumontF. Durodie, R. Felton, D. Frigione, M. Gatu Johnson, C. Giroud, G. Gorini, M. Graham, C. Hellesen, T. Hellsten, S. Huygen, P. Jacquet, T. Johnson, V. Kiptily, S. Knipe, A. Krasilnikov, P. Lamalle, M. Lennholm, A. Loarte, R. Maggiora, M. Maslov, A. Messiaen, D. Milanesio, I. Monakhov, M. Nightingale, C. Noble, M. Nocente, L. Pangioni, I. Proverbio, C. Sozzi, M. Stamp, W. Studholme, M. Tardocchi, T. W. Versloot, V. Vdovin, M. Vrancken, A. Whitehurst, E. Wooldridge, V. Zoita

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In the past years, one of the focal points of the JET experimental programme was on ion-cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) studies in view of the design and exploitation of the ICRH system being developed for ITER. In this brief review, some of the main achievements obtained in JET in this field during the last 5 years will be summarized. The results reported here include important aspects of a more engineering nature, such as (i) the appropriate design of the RF feeding circuits for optimal load resilient operation and (ii) the test of a compact high-power density antenna array, as well as RF physics oriented studies aiming at refining the numerical models used for predicting the performance of the ICRH system in ITER. The latter include (i) experiments designed for improving the modelling of the antenna coupling resistance under various plasma conditions and (ii) the assessment of the heating performance of ICRH scenarios to be used in the non-active operation phase of ITER.

Original language	English
Article number	124019
Journal	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume	53
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124019
Publication status	Published - Dec 2011

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Lerche, E., Van Eester, D., Ongena, J., Mayoral, M. L., Laxaback, M., Rimini, F., Argouarch, A., Beaumont, P., Blackman, T., Bobkov, V., Brennan, D., Brett, A., Calabro, G., Cecconello, M., Coffey, I., Colas, L., Coyne, A., Crombe, K., Czarnecka, A., ... Zoita, V. (2011). Optimizing ion-cyclotron resonance frequency heating for ITER: Dedicated JET experiments. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 53(12), Article 124019. https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124019

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