Megawatt Long-Pulse Gyrotrons for ECH and ECCD Applications
Abstract
High-power long-pulse mm-wave sources are required for electron cyclotron heating and current drive in large-scale fusion experiments. Gyrotron oscillator technology has developed considerably in recent years, enabling the generation of Gaussian mm-wave beams at megawatt power levels for pulse durations in excess of 10 seconds from a single unit. This presentation summarizes CPI's recent gyrotron development activities for fusion applications. CPI has fabricated a series of 110 GHz gyrotrons for use in DIII-D ECH experiments. The three most recent gyrotrons in this series employ a diode electron gun, an internal quasi-optical mode converter, and a CVD diamond output window. Further development activities funded by DOE are aimed at incorporating a multi-stage depressed electron beam collector to improve efficiency and optimizing other design components to enable output power levels of 1.5 MW. CPI is also constructing a prototype 140 GHz 1 MW CW gyrotron for use with the W7-X stellarator. This gyrotron employs a single-stage depressed collector and a high-voltage design eliminating the need for oil around the insulating ceramics. A similar configuration was employed successfully in a recently delivered 70 GHz 500 kW gyrotron, and is being used for an 84 GHz 500 kW system under development for the KSTAR tokamak program. Design features of these devices will be compared, and empirical results will be presented for those devices for which test data is available.
- Publication:
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APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- October 2000
- Bibcode:
- 2000APS..DPPGP1040C