[HTML][HTML] Status and future development of heating and current drive for the EU DEMO

MQ Tran, P Agostinetti, G Aiello, K Avramidis… - Fusion engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The European DEMO is a pulsed device with pulse length of 2 hours. The functions devoted
to the heating and current drive system are: plasma breakdown, plasma ramp-up to the flat …

High-power MHz to 100s of GHz circuits and systems for nuclear fusion reactors with examples from SST-1 and ITER

KK Samanta - IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nuclear fusion on earth is a highly complex and challenging multidisciplinary field that aims
to solve the global energy puzzle by providing infinite energy with zero carbon emissions …

Development of pre-conceptual ITER-type ICRF antenna design for DEMO

V Bobkov, M Usoltceva, H Faugel, A Kostic… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
ICRF antenna development for DEMO for the pre-conceptual phase is carried out by
merging the existing knowledge about multi-strap ITER, JET and ASDEX upgrade antennas …

[HTML][HTML] A new technique for tokamak edge density measurement based on microwave interferometer

M Usoltceva, S Heuraux, I Khabibullin… - Review of Scientific …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A novel approach for density measurements at the edge of a hot plasma device is presented—
Microwave Interferometer in the Limiter Shadow (MILS). The diagnostic technique is based …

Overview of the TWA concept from DEMO to the high power mock-up for WEST

R Ragona, V Maquet, A Bader, T Batal… - AIP Conference …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The travelling wave array (TWA) concept was proposed as an RF actuator in the ion
cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) for future fusion reactors and represents a relevant …

Preliminary RF characterization of DEMO in-port ion cyclotron heating system for toroidal and poloidal geometry variations

V Maquet, V Bobkov, A Messiaen… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Ion cyclotron Resonance Heating (ICRH) is one of the auxiliary heating schemes
considered for the future DEMOnstration Power Plant (DEMO). The ICRH system in DEMO …

Multi-strap in-port ICRF antenna modeling and development in support of ITER and EU-DEMO

V Bobkov, R Bilato, F Calarco, H Faugel… - AIP Conference …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Full-size 3D model of ITER ICRF antenna with 1D plasma electron density (ne) and 3D ne
(from EMC3-Eirene) was simulated using the RAPLICASOL (COMSOL-based) code …

Designing a multi-channel 47 GHz microwave diagnostic for plasma edge measurements

H Faugel, M Usoltseva, S Heuraux, V Bobkov… - AIP Conference …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The measurement of the plasma parameters close to the ICRF antennas is important to
understand the wave propagation and improve modelling. For this purpose one of the 3 …