Published November 26, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Design Concepts For A Long Pulse Upgrade For The DIII-D Fast Wave Antenna Array

  • 1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831 (United States)
  • 2. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, 08540 (United States)
  • 3. General Atomics, San Diego, CA, 92186 (United States)

Description

A goal in the 5-year plan for the fast wave program on DIII-D is to couple a total of 3.6 MW of RF power into a long pulse, H-mode plasma for central electron heating. The present short-pulse 285/300 antenna array would need to be replaced with one capable of at least 1.2 MW, 10 s operation at 60 MHz into an H-mode (low resistive loading) plasma condition. The primary design under consideration uses a poloidally-segmented strap (3 sections) for reduced strap voltage near the plasma/Faraday screen region. Internal capacitance makes the antenna structure self-resonant at 60 MHz, strongly reducing peak E-fields in the vacuum coax and feed throughs.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1187
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 305-308
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
18. topical conference on radio frequency power in plasmas
Dates
24-26 Jun 2009
Place
Gent (Belgium)

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(c) 2009 American Institute of Physics