Major progress in the development of the 2 MW coaxial-cavity gyrotron for ITER

Author

Rzesnicki, T. ; Piosczyk, B. ; Gantenbein, G. ; Jin, J. ; Kern, S. ; Samartsev, A. ; Thumm, M.

Author_Institution

Assoc. EURATOM-FZK, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A 2 MW, CW, 170 GHz coaxial cavity gyrotron for electron cyclotron heating and current drive in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is under development in cooperation between European Research Institutions (EGYC**). The performance of critical components, like electron gun, beam tunnel, cavity and quasi-optical (q.o.) RF-output coupler have been studied on a short-pulse coaxial gyrotron (pre-prototype) at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK). Recent experimental results are presented and discussed.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; cyclotrons; electron guns; fusion reactor operation; gyrotrons; plasma instability; European Research Institutions; ITER; International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; RF-output coupler; beam tunnel instabilities; current drive; electron cyclotron heating; electron gun; frequency 170 GHz; nondepressed operation; short-pulse coaxial-cavity gyrotron; Coaxial components; Electron beams; Gyrotrons; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Optical coupling; Power generation; Prototypes; Radio frequency; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Busan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5416-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5417-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324919

Filename

5324919