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Prototype mitre bends of the ex-vessel waveguide system for the ITER upper launcher: Thermal hydraulic simulations and experiments with off-center mm-wave beams

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Matteo Vagnoni, Anastasia Xydou, Humberto Torreblanca Quiroz

On ITER, long pulse gyrotrons are required as a power source for electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and current drive (CD). The microwaves are guided from the gyrotrons, which are placed far from the Tokamak, into the plasma by transmission lines (TLs) and a ...

2021

Neutronics Analyses of EU DEMO 2020 EC Port Configuration

Minh Quang Tran, René Chavan

The DEMOnstration fusion power plant (DEMO) is being developed within EUROfusion and one of the challenges is the integration of all the systems into a fusion reactor by designs that meet strict design criteria required for safe and reliable long-term reac ...

NUCLEAR SOCIETY SLOVENIA2021

Design optimization of the Upper Steering Mirror Assembly (USMA) for ITER ECHUL in view of disruptive events

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Matteo Vagnoni, Anastasia Xydou

Four Electron Cyclotron Heating Upper Launchers (ECHUL) will be used at ITER to counteract magneto-hydrodynamic plasma instabilities by targeting them with up to 20 MW of mm-wave power at 170 GHz. The millimeter waves are guided through a set of fixed mirr ...

2021

Integration concept of an Electron Cyclotron System in DEMO

René Chavan, Minh Quang Tran, Hartmut Zohm, Konstantinos Avramidis

The pre-conceptual layout for an electron cyclotron system (ECS) in DEMO is described. The present DEMO ECS considers only equatorial ports for both plasma heating and neoclassical tearing mode (NTM) control. This differs from ITER, where four launchers in ...

2021

Structural pre-conceptual design studies for an EU DEMO equatorial EC port plug and its port integration

Minh Quang Tran, René Chavan

For the EU DEMO Tokamak, Electron Cyclotron (EC) launching systems for plasma heating and stabilization are under development. Various concepts for the optical system are currently studied of which the Mid Steering Antenna (MSA) with a steering mirror at a ...

Elsevier2020

Design and Thermal-Structural Analyses of Ancillary Components for the Optical Steering Mirror (M4) for the ITER ECH Upper Launcher

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Matteo Vagnoni, Avelino Mas Sanchez

Each of the four ITER Electron Cyclotron Heating Upper Launcher (ECHUL) features eight transmission lines (TLs) that are used to inject 170-GHz microwave power into the plasma at a level of up to 1.31 MW (at the TL diamond window) per line. The millimeter ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Electromagnetic and mechanical analyses of the ITER electron cyclotron Upper launcher steering M4 mirrors for the vertical displacement event

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Matteo Vagnoni, Avelino Mas Sanchez

The mm-wave power exiting the eight In-Vessel waveguides inside the ITER Electron Cyclotron Upper Launcher is reflected by three fixed mirror sets and finally aimed by two independent steering mirrors to specific plasma locations. A design solution for bot ...

2020

High-Power Testing of Guided-Wave Components for the ITER ECH Upper Launcher at the FALCON Test Facility

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Matteo Vagnoni

Each of the four ITER electron cyclotron heating (ECH) upper launchers (ULs) features eight transmission lines (TLs) made of guided-wave components used to inject 170-GHz microwave power into the plasma at a level of up to 1.31 MW per line, at the TL diamo ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Design Concept and Thermal & x2013;Mechanical Analysis of the Optical Mirror (M3) for the ITER ECH Upper Launcher

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Avelino Mas Sanchez

The mirror M3 is a part of the in-vessel quasi-optical beam propagation system for the ITER electron cyclotron heating upper launcher (ECHUL). The millimeter waves are guided through fixed mirror sets (M1, M2, and M3) and the front steering mirror set (M4) ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Structural integrity assessment of an ITER ECH&CD Upper Launcher mirror (LM1)

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Matteo Vagnoni

2019

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Prototype mitre bends of the ex-vessel waveguide system for the ITER upper launcher: Thermal hydraulic simulations and experiments with off-center mm-wave beams

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Matteo Vagnoni, Anastasia Xydou, Humberto Torreblanca Quiroz

2021

Design and Thermal-Structural Analyses of Ancillary Components for the Optical Steering Mirror (M4) for the ITER ECH Upper Launcher

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Matteo Vagnoni, Avelino Mas Sanchez

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Electromagnetic and mechanical analyses of the ITER electron cyclotron Upper launcher steering M4 mirrors for the vertical displacement event

Timothy Goodman, René Chavan, Matteo Vagnoni, Avelino Mas Sanchez

2020