2.3: Reliability test of the ITER 170GHz gyrotron and development of the two-frequency gyrotron

Author

Kajiwara, Ken ; Oda, Yasuhisa ; Kasugai, Atsushi ; Takahashi, Koji ; Sakamoto, Keishi

Author_Institution

Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 May 2010

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

32

Abstract

Reliability of the 170 GHz ITER gyrotron is tested in JAEA. The 800 kW/600 sec pulse with 52-57% efficiency is repeated with interval of 20 min in 8 days. The 72 shots of 600 sec were successfully achieved out of 88 shots. The success rate was 82 %. It shows the realistic reliability for the gyrotron operation for ITER. The next step is a development of a multi frequency gyrotron. Preliminary test of the two-frequency gyrotron is performed. The 170 GHz and 136 GHz oscillations are successfully attained at short pulse (0.5 ms) and long pulse (10 sec). In the short pulse experiments, the maximum power of 1.3 MW is obtained at both frequencies.

Keywords

fusion reactor ignition; gyrotrons; plasma radiofrequency heating; plasma toroidal confinement; plasma transport processes; ITER gyrotron operation; ITER gyrotron reliability test; JAEA; frequency 136 GHz; frequency 170 GHz; power 1.3 MW; power 800 kW; time 0.5 ms; time 10 s; time 600 s; two frequency gyrotron; Gyrotrons; Testing; 2 frequencies; Gyrotron; ITER; reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7098-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVELEC.2010.5503617

Filename

5503617