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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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].

langue originaleAnglais
titreRadio Frequency Power in plasmas - Proceedings of the 18th Topical Conference
Pages93-96
Nombre de pages4
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 2009
Evénement18th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in plasmas - Gent, Belgique
Durée: 24 juin 200926 juin 2009

Série de publications

NomAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1187
ISSN (imprimé)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronique)1551-7616

Une conférence

Une conférence18th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in plasmas
Pays/TerritoireBelgique
La villeGent
période24/06/0926/06/09

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