Recent experiments on alternative dipole phasing with the JET A2 ICRF antennas

E. Lerche, V. Bobkov, P. Jacquet, M. L. Mayoral, A. Messiaen, I. Monakhov, J. Ongena, G. Telesca, D. Van Eester, R. R. Weynants

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Abstract

Using the JET A2 ICRF antennas [1], experiments were carried out to assess the performance of three different dipole phasing configurations relevant for the operation of the ICRF antenna in ITER. Three similar discharges with dipole (0π0π), "symmetric dipole" (0ππ0) and "super dipole" (00ππ) phasings were compared. In the "super dipole" case, higher coupling was confirmed but lower heating efficiency and much stronger plasma wall interaction were observed, as corroborated, respectively, by the analysis of the diamagnetic energy response to the ICRF power steps and by the observation of a considerable temperature rise of the antenna limiters and septa in the 00ππ case. These observations were found to be in line with simulations of the ICRF wave absorption and with High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) modelling of the RF fields near the antenna [2].

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRadio Frequency Power in plasmas - Proceedings of the 18th Topical Conference
Pages93-96
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event18th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in plasmas - Gent, Belgium
Duration: 24 Jun 200926 Jun 2009

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1187
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference18th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in plasmas
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityGent
Period24/06/0926/06/09

Keywords

  • Antenna
  • ICRF
  • JET
  • RF absorption
  • Tokamak

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