Detailed design of the RF source for the 1MV neutral beam test facility[1]
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FusionEngineeringandDesign84(2009)1253–1258ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectFusionEngineeringandDesign
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DetaileddesignoftheRFsourceforthe1MVneutralbeamtestfacilityD.Marcuzzia,M.DallaPalmaa,M.Paveia,∗,B.Heinemannb,W.Krausb,R.RiedlbaConsorzioRFX,Euratom-ENEAAssociation,CorsoStatiUniti4,I35127Padova,Italy
bMax-Planck-InstitutfürPlasmaphysik,EuratomAssociation,Botzmannstr.2,D-85748Garching,Germany
articleinfoArticlehistory:Availableonline24January2009Keywords:ITERNBIIonsourceRadiofrequencyabstractIntheframeworkoftheEUactivitiesforthedevelopmentoftheNeutralBeamInjectorforITER,thedetaileddesignoftheRadioFrequency(RF)drivennegativeionsourcetobeinstalledinthe1MVITERNeutralBeamTestFacility(NBTF)hasbeencarriedout.ResultscomingfromongoingR&DonIPPtestbeds[A.Stäbleretal.,DevelopmentofaRF-DrivenIonSourcefortheITERNBISystem,thisconference]andthedesignofthenewELISEfacility[B.Heinemannetal.,DesignoftheHalf-SizeITERNeutralBeamSourceTestFacilityELISE,thisconference]broughtseveralmodificationstothesolutionbasedonthepreviousdesign.AnassessmentwascarriedoutregardingtheBack-StreamingpositiveIons(BSI+)thatimpingeonthebackplatesoftheionsourceandcausehighandlocalizedheatloads.Thisledtotheredesignofmostheatedcomponentstoincreasecooling,andtodifferentchoicesfortheplasmafacingmaterialstoreducetheeffectsofsputtering.Thedesignoftheelectriccircuit,gassupplyandtheotherauxiliarysystemshasbeenoptimized.Inte-grationwithothercomponentsofthebeamsourcehasbeenrevised,withregardstotheinterfaceswiththesupportingstructure,theplasmagridandtheflexibleconnections.Inthepaperthedesignwillbepresentedindetail,aswellastheresultsoftheanalysesperformedforthethermo-mechanicalverificationofthecomponents.©2009ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.
1.IntroductionTheionsourcefortheITERNBIisrequested[3]tosupplya40AacceleratedD−/H−beamwith20/28mA/cm2currentdensityat1MeV,0.3Pasourcepressure,3600spulselength,1.5×0.6m2cross-sectionwithatotalapertureareaontheplasmagridof0.2m2.In2007ITERhaschangedthebaselinefortheplasmasourceoftheneutralbeaminjector,fromthearcdrivenconcepttotheRFdrivensolution.Meanwhile,thedetaildesignoftheRFsourcefortheITERNBIwasdevelopedintheframeoftheTW6-THHN-NBD1EFDAtask,startingfromtheoutlineactivitycarriedoutwithinthepreviouscontractandalreadyreportedin[4].Severalmodificationswereintroduced,asconsequenceoffeed-backsfromIPPcomingoutfromexperimentalcampaignsonexistingtestbedsandfromtheprogressinthedesignofthenewELISEfacility[1,2,5].Gasionisationwithintheacceleratorproducesalsopositiveionsthatareacceleratedbackintothesourceandfocusedagainstrearverticalplates[6],withhighlylocalizedadditionalheatloadthatwastakenintoaccountforarobustdesign.∗Correspondingauthor.E-mailaddress:mauro.pavei@igi.cnr.it(M.Pavei).TheRFsourcewasintegratedwiththeSINgleGAP(SINGAP)accelerator,inanewsolutioncompatiblewiththeMultiApertureMultiGrid(MAMuG)accelerator[7],inlinewiththeEFDAtaskover-allaim,andallinterfaceswithadjacentcomponentsweredefined.Moreover,thedesignwasorientedfortheinjectortestfacilitythatwillbehostedinPadova,priortotheITERexperimentalphaseinordertodemonstratetargetperformances.
2.Designdescription2.1.GeneraldescriptionTheRFionsourceisacomplexchamber,featuringamainspace,enclosedinastructurecalledsourcecaseandfacingtheplasmagrid,onwhosesurfacemostofnegativeionsaregener-ated,andeightrearsmallercylindricalchamberscalleddrivers,wherethegasisinjected(hydrogenordeuterium),asshowninFig.1.RFcoilswoundaroundthelateralwallofthedriversandconnectedtoa1MHzRFgeneratortransfertheRFpowerandionizethegas:theresultingplasmaflowsthenintothemainchamber,wheretheadditionalpresenceofcaesiumenhancesthenumberofnegativeionsgeneratedonthesurfaceoftheplasmagrid.
0920-3796/$–seefrontmatter©2009ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.12.0841254D.Marcuzzietal./FusionEngineeringandDesign84(2009)1253–1258Fig.1.IsometricviewsoftheRFsource—rearandfrontside(rearbusbarshidden).2.2.DriversThedriversarethecomponentswherethepoweristransferredandtheplasmaisgenerated.ThedesignofthenewIPPfacility(ELISE)introducedsomemodi-ficationsonthedrivers[2]:sizeandinter-axishavebeenincreased,inordertooptimizesourceparameters,uniformityinparticular,asshowninFig.2.Thedriversarepowered(100kW/driver)bypairsofRFcoils(coppertubehaving8mmODand6mmID,6½turns)soasin-gletube13.5mlongiswoundaroundtwoaluminacylinders.TheendpointsofeachtubeareelectricallyconnectedtothecapacitorsoftheRFcircuitwhereaswaterflowsfrom/tohollowlinesthatareelectricallyinsulatedwithhollowceramicbreaks.TheFaradayShield(FS)wasmodifiedinordertoenhancetheprotectionofthealuminacasefromplasmainteraction.Anaddi-tionalinnerverticalCuCrZrbackplatewasaddedtoexhaustthepowerdepositedfromBSI+withacoolingcircuitindependentfromthelateralwall,withoutdecreasingtheinternalvolume,asshowninFig.3.TheupdatedconfigurationofthecoolingcircuitisdescribedinSection2.5.TheFSconsistsofabackPlate21mmthickinCuCrZralloyandelectro-depositedcopper.TheFScylindricallateralwalliscreatedFig.2.Isometricviewsofthedriver—rearandfrontside.aroundtheFSplatebycopperelectro-depositionofatotal3.5mmthickness.AthinMocoatinglayer(byphysicalvapourdeposition)isthereferencesolutionchosentobeappliedonallinnersurfacestoreducethesputteringeffectcausedbytheplasmaandtheBSI+[5].AnalternativesolutionfortheFSbackplateisconsidered,featur-ingaplasmafacing1mmthickMolayerbondedtothecopperbulk,inordertoenhancetheprotectionfromtheimpinginghighenergyionsandtominimizethesputteringeffect.SuchsolutionrequiresR&Dtobeimplemented,infactconcernsarerelatedtothebondingstressbetweenbaseplateandthethickcoatingasconsequenceoftheirdifferentthermalexpansioncoefficient.2.3.Sourcecase