1. Microwave Setup of a Megawatt Power Level for the ECR Plasma Heating and Current Drive System of the T-15MD Tokamak
- Author
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Mikhail I. Bakulin, I. S. Baber, I. I. Leonov, K. A. Zhurin, P. P. Khvostenko, A. G. Eremeev, Gregory G. Denisov, A. V. Chirkov, E. A. Kopelovich, M. Yu. Glyavin, M. V. Kuznetsov, V. I. Malygin, B. Z. Movshevich, N. A. Kirneva, V. I. Belousov, Alexander I. Tsvetkov, E. M. Tai, E. A. Soluyanova, M. M. Troitskiy, N. I. Karpov, I. A. Varygin, I.O. Anashkin, M. Yu. Shmelev, and I. N. Roy
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Tokamak ,Nuclear engineering ,Response time ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics ,01 natural sciences ,Aspect ratio (image) ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Power (physics) ,law.invention ,Magnetic field ,law ,Transmission line ,Gyrotron ,0103 physical sciences ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,010306 general physics ,Microwave - Abstract
As part of the creation of a unique T-15MD tokamak with a magnetic field of 2 T and an aspect ratio of 2.2, the first one of a series (8 pieces) of microwave setups of a megawatt power level for electron–cyclotron plasma heating and current drive was developed and successfully tested. The setup includes a gyrotron, power supplies, a microwave radiation transmission line, and a fast (response time is no more than 10 μs) gyrotron emergency protection system. The generation regime was experimentally demonstrated with the parameters 1 MW/30 s/82.6 GHz for an efficiency of 57%.
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- 2020