Publications by Konstantinos Avramidis

A new 3MW ECRH system at 105 GHz for WEST*

Stefano Alberti, Timothy Goodman, Jean-Philippe Hogge, Ioannis Pagonakis, Konstantinos Avramidis

The aim of the WEST experiments is to master long plasma pulses (1000s) and expose ITER-like tungsten wall to deposited heat fluxes up to 10 MW/m2. To increase the margin to reach the H-Mode and to control W-impurities in the plasma, the installation of an ...

2023

Experimental confirmation of efficient island divertor operation and successful neoclassical transport optimization in Wendelstein 7-X

Jieping Zhu, Jonathan Graves, Joaquim Loizu Cisquella, Eduardo Sanchez, Antoine Baillod, Mike Machielsen, Xiaoxue Han, Nicola Vianello, Jonathan Marc Philippe Faustin, Alberto Bottino

We present recent highlights from the most recent operation phases of Wendelstein 7-X, the most advanced stellarator in the world. Stable detachment with good particle exhaust, low impurity content, and energy confinement times exceeding 100 ms, have been ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2022

European 1 MW, 170 GHz CW Gyrotron Prototype for ITER - long-pulse operation at KIT -

Jean-Philippe Hogge, Francisco Sanchez, Ioannis Pagonakis, Konstantinos Avramidis

The upgraded EU 1 MW, 170 GHz continuous wave (CW) industrial prototype gyrotron (TH1509U) for Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating and Current Drive (ECRH&CD) in ITER was tested at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The gyrotron surpassed the pe ...

IEEE2022

Experimental Testing of the European TH1509U 170-GHz 1-MW CW Industrial Gyrotron-Long Pulse Operation

Jean-Philippe Hogge, Francisco Sanchez, Ioannis Pagonakis, Konstantinos Avramidis

The upgraded European 1-MW, 170-GHz continuous wave (CW) industrial prototype gyrotron (TH1509U) for electron cyclotron resonance heating and current drive in ITER was tested at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In this work, we report on the ma ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Tests and Qualification of the European 1 MW, 170 GHz CW Gyrotron in an ITER relevant configuration at SPC

Timothy Goodman, Stefano Alberti, Jean-Philippe Hogge, Francisco Sanchez, Jérémy Genoud, Konstantinos Avramidis

After an initial testing period at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the upgraded EU 1 MW, 170 GHz continuous wave (CW) industrial prototype gyrotron (TH1509U) for Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating and Current Drive (ECRH&CD) in ITER has been trans ...

IEEE2022

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

A Validation Roadmap of Multi-Physics Simulators of the Resonator of MW-Class CW Gyrotrons for Fusion Applications

Stefano Alberti, Francisco Sanchez, Konstantinos Avramidis

For a few years the multi-physics modelling of the resonance cavity (resonator) of MW-class continuous-wave gyrotrons, to be employed for electron cyclotron heating and current drive in magnetic confinement fusion machines, has gained increasing interest. ...

MDPI2021

Basic design considerations for a frequency step-tunable electron cyclotron wave system to suppress NTMs in DEMO

Minh Quang Tran, Emiliano Fable, Hartmut Zohm, Emanuele Poli, Konstantinos Avramidis, Giovanni Tardini

An Electron Cyclotron Wave (ECW) system will be used in the European DEMO for the stabilization of Neoclassical Tearing Modes (NTMs). In order to avoid movable mirrors in the harsh environment close to the plasma and to simplify the NTM launcher integratio ...

2021

Th1509U European 170 Ghz 1 Mw Cw Industrial Gyrotron Upgrade

Stefano Alberti, Jean-Philippe Hogge, Francisco Sanchez, Ioannis Pagonakis, Konstantinos Avramidis

This paper describes the status on the upgrade of the first European gyrotron prototype for ITER, manufactured by Thales. The upgraded prototype, TH1509U, is now being tested to verify the performance improvements and to assess the compliance with ITER ECR ...

IEEE2021

Megawatt power generation of the dual-frequency gyrotron for TCV at 84 and 126 GHz, in long pulses

Timothy Goodman, Stefano Alberti, Minh Quang Tran, Jean-Philippe Hogge, Damien Fasel, Matthieu Toussaint, Ugo Siravo, Jérémy Genoud, Jérémie Dubray, Jonathan Sylvain Masur

In the frame of the TCV Tokamak upgrade, two 84/126 GHz/2 s dual frequency gyrotrons designed by SPC and KIT and manufactured by THALES will be added to the existing EC-System. The first unit has been delivered to EPFL-SPC and tested. In the commissioning ...

2020