Commissioning and first operation of the ASDEX Upgrade neutral beam system

Author

Vollmer, O. ; Stäbler, A. ; Feist, J.H. ; Freudenberger, K. ; Heinemann, B. ; Lohnert, H. ; Obermayer, S. ; Riedl, R. ; Schärich, W. ; Speth, E. ; Wittenbecher, K.

Author_Institution

Max-Planck-Inst. fur Plasmaphys., Garching bei Munchen, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1993

fDate

11-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

451

Abstract

The first injector of the ASDEX Upgrade neutral beam system has been commissioned and injection experiments started in June 1993. Within a few weeks an injected power of 5.2 MW (H⁰), equivalent to 87% of the design power level, was achieved for pulse lengths of up to 1.5 seconds, and a variety of neutral beam heated discharges could be analyzed before the shutdown of ASDEX Upgrade in August

Keywords

fusion reactor design; fusion reactor ignition; fusion reactor operation; fusion reactors; plasma beam injection heating; plasma toroidal confinement; 1.5 s; 5.2 MW; ASDEX Upgrade neutral beam system commissioning; ASDEX Upgrade shutdown; H; H⁰; design power level; first operation; fusion reactor; injection experiments; neutral beam heated discharges; Centralized control; Control systems; Heating; Ion sources; Particle beam injection; Power supplies; Power transformer insulation; Switches; Valves; Variable speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hyannis, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1412-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1993.518370

Filename

518370