ECRH for JET: A feasibility study

TitleECRH for JET: A feasibility study
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsM. Lennholm, G. Giruzzi, A. Parkin, F. Bouquey, H. Braune, A. Bruschi, E. de la Luna, G. Denisov, T. Edlington, D. Farina, J. Farthing, L. Figini, S. Garavaglia, J. Garcia, T. Gerbaud, G. Granucci, M. Henderson, L. Horton, W. Kasparek, P. Khilar, M. Jennison, N. Kirneva, D. Kislov, A. Kuyanov, X. Litaudon, A.G Litvak, A. Moro, S. Nowak, V. Parail, B. Plaum, F. Rimini, G. Saibene, A. Sips, C. Sozzi, P. Späh, E. Trukhina, A. Vaccaro, V. Vdovin
JournalFusion Engineering and Design
Volume86
Issue6-8
Number6-8
Pagination805-809
Date PublishedOct
Type of ArticleArticle; Proceedings Paper
ISBN Number0920-3796
KeywordsCURRENT DRIVE, electron cyclotron resonance heating, gyrotron, launcher, transmission line
Abstract

For JET to fulfil its mission in preparing ITER operation, the installation of an electron cyclotron resonance heating system on JET would be desirable. The study described in this paper has investigated the feasibility of installing such a system on JET. The principal goals of such a system are: current drive over a range of radii for NTM stabilization, sawtooth control and current profile tailoring and central electron heating to equilibrate electron and ion temperatures in high performance discharges. The study concluded that a 12 gyrotron, 10 MW, system at the ITER frequency (170 GHz) adapted for fields of 2.7-3.3 T would be appropriate for the operation planned in JET. An antenna allowing toroidal and poloidal steering over a wide range is being designed, using the ITER upper launcher steering mechanism. The use of ITER diamond windows and transmission line technology is suggested while power supply solutions partially reusing existing JET power supplies are proposed. Detailed planning shows that such a system can be operational in about 5 years from the time that the decision to proceed is taken. The cost and required manpower associated with implementing such a system on JET has also been estimated. (C) 2011 EURATOM. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

DOI10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.01.136
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Alternate TitleFusion Eng. Des.

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