R&D activities on RF contacts for the ITER ion cyclotron resonance heating launcher
Abstract
CEA have developed a dedicated test-bed for testing RF contact in ITER relevant conditions (vacuum, temperature, RF current). A prototype of RF contacts have been designed and manufactured, with copper lamellas brazed on a titanium holder. This RF contact prototype failed at RF current larger than 1.8kA. Extensive R&D is foreseen with new RF contact designs.
- Publication:
-
Fusion Engineering and Design
- Pub Date:
- October 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.04.005
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1506.02943
- Bibcode:
- 2015FusED..96..477H
- Keywords:
-
- ICRH;
- RF contacts;
- ITER;
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
- E-Print:
- Fusion Engineering and Design, Elsevier, 2015, Available online 21 April 2015