The LHCD launcher for Alcator C-Mod - Design, construction, calibration and testing

J. Hosea, D. Beals, W. Beck, S. Bernabei, W. Burke, R. Childs, R. Ellis, E. Fredd, N. Greenough, M. Grimes, D. Gwinn, J. Irby, S. Jurczynski, P. Koert, C. C. Kung, G. D. Loesser, E. Marmar, R. Parker, J. Rushinski, G. SchillingD. Terry, R. Vieira, J. R. Wilson, J. Zaks

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Abstract

MIT and PPPL have joined together to fabricate a high-power lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) system for supporting steady-state AT regime research on Alcator C-Mod. The goal of the first step of this project is to provide 1.5 MW of 4.6 GHz rf power to the plasma with a compact launcher which has excellent spectral selectivity and fits into a single C-Mod port. Some of the important design, construction, calibration and testing considerations for the launcher leading up to its installation on C-Mod are presented here.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)479-483
Number of pages5
JournalFusion Engineering and Design
Volume74
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • C-Mod
  • Launcher
  • Lower hybrid current drive (LHCD)

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