Controlled nuclear fusion represents a significant solution for future clean energy,with ion cyclotron range of frequency(ICRF)heating emerging as one of the most promising technologies for heating the fusion plasma.T...Controlled nuclear fusion represents a significant solution for future clean energy,with ion cyclotron range of frequency(ICRF)heating emerging as one of the most promising technologies for heating the fusion plasma.This study primarily presents a self-developed 2D ion cyclotron resonance antenna electromagnetic field solver(ICRAEMS)code implemented on the MATLAB platform,which solves the electric field wave equation by using the finite element method,establishing perfectly matched layer(PML)boundary conditions,and post-processing the electromagnetic field data.This code can be utilized to facilitate the design and optimization processes of antennas for ICRF heating technology.Furthermore,this study examines the electric field distribution and power spectrum associated with various antenna phases to investigate how different antenna configurations affect the electromagnetic field propagation and coupling characteristics.展开更多
The electromagnetic wave propagations and their coupling characteristics in magnetized plasma near the antenna of ion cyclotron range of frequencies(ICRF)is studied based on self-developed 3DFEM-IA code.This code effe...The electromagnetic wave propagations and their coupling characteristics in magnetized plasma near the antenna of ion cyclotron range of frequencies(ICRF)is studied based on self-developed 3DFEM-IA code.This code effectively resolves the three-dimensional(3D)geometry and the electromagnetic field using the finite element method.Our findings reveal that the distributions of electromagnetic fields and energy flow density significantly depend on the antenna phases,surface current density on the antenna straps,and background plasma density.Notably,the non-uniform surface current density on the antenna straps,resulting from the presence of induced currents,contributes to a reduction in coupling power within the edge plasma.Furthermore,the calculated coupling impedance increases with plasma density,corroborating well with experimental measurements.展开更多
Ion cyclotron range of frequency（ICRF） heating has been used in tokamaks as one of the most successful auxiliary heating tools and has been adopted in the EAST. However, the antenna load will fluctuate with the chan...Ion cyclotron range of frequency（ICRF） heating has been used in tokamaks as one of the most successful auxiliary heating tools and has been adopted in the EAST. However, the antenna load will fluctuate with the change of plasma parameters in the ICRF heating process. To ensure the steady operation of the ICRF heating system in the EAST, fast ferrite tuner（FFT） has been carried out to achieve real-time impedance matching. For the requirements of the FFT impedance matching system, the magnet system of the ferrite tuner（FT） was designed by numerical simulations and experimental analysis, where the biasing magnetic circuit and alternating magnetic circuit were the key researched parts of the ferrite magnet. The integral design goal of the FT magnetic circuit is that DC bias magnetic field is 2000 Gs and alternating magnetic field is±400 Gs. In the FTT, E-type magnetic circuit was adopted. Ferrite material is Nd Fe B with a thickness of 30 mm by setting the working point of Nd Fe B, and the ampere turn of excitation coil is 25 through the theoretical calculation and simulation analysis. The coil inductance to generate alternating magnetic field is about 7 m H. Eddy-current effect has been analyzed, while the magnetic field distribution has been measured by a Hall probe in the medium plane of the biasing magnet. Finally, the test results show the good performance of the biasing magnet satisfying the design and operating requirements of the FFT.展开更多
A multi-voltage probe array system is designed to measure the coupling resistance of an ion cyclotron resonance frequency antenna. In the process of the antenna coupling resistance data extraction, the minimization al...A multi-voltage probe array system is designed to measure the coupling resistance of an ion cyclotron resonance frequency antenna. In the process of the antenna coupling resistance data extraction, the minimization algorithm, the original Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm, is replaced by the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm to achieve more stable and accurate results. Moreover, a simple model of the multi-voltage probe array was applied to simulate the performance of the Kalman filter, and to optimize the distance and position of the probes and probe number to mitigate the influence of the system noise on the rebuilt results. During the EAST experiment in 2019, a four-voltage probe array was applied to measure the coupling resistance of line 6 during high confined mode discharge. The measurement results by the multivoltage probe array system and the voltage/current probe pair show a good agreement.展开更多
Two new ICRF antennas operating in the ion cyclotron radio frequency(ICRF) range have been developed for EAST to overcome the low coupling problem of the original antennas.The original ICRF antennas were limited in th...Two new ICRF antennas operating in the ion cyclotron radio frequency(ICRF) range have been developed for EAST to overcome the low coupling problem of the original antennas.The original ICRF antennas were limited in their power capacity due to insufficient coupling.The new antenna design takes into account both wave coupling and absorption processes through comprehensive wave coupling and absorption codes,with the dominant parallel wave number k∥of 7.5 m-1at dipole phasing.Through the use of these new ICRF antennas,we are able to achieve 3.8 MW output power and 360 s operation,respectively.The initial experimental results demonstrate the reliability of the antenna design method.展开更多
An Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency （ICRF） system with a radio frequency （RF） power of 4×1.5 MW was developed for the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak （EAST）. High RF power transmitters were de...An Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency （ICRF） system with a radio frequency （RF） power of 4×1.5 MW was developed for the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak （EAST）. High RF power transmitters were designed as a part of the research and development （R^D） for an ICRF system with long pulse operation at megawatt levels in a frequency range of 25 MHz to 70 MHz. Studies presented in this paper cover the following parts of the high power transmitter： the three staged high power amplifier, which is composed of a 5 kW wide- band solid state amplifier, a 100 kW tetrode drive stage amplifier and a 1.5 MW tetrode final stage amplifier, and the DC high voltage power supply （HVPS）. Based on engineering design and static examinations, the RF transmitters were tested using a matched dummy load where an RF output power of 1.5 MW was achieved. The transmitters provide 6 MW RF power in primary phase and will reach a level up to 12 MW after a later upgrade. The transmitters performed successfully in stable operations in EAST and HT-7 devices. Up to 1.8 MW of RF power was injected into plasmas in EAST ICRF heating experiments during the 2010 autumn campaign and plasma performance was greatly improved.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National MCF Energy R&D Program(Grant No.2022YFE03190100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12422513,12105035,and U21A20438)the Xiaomi Young Talents Program.
文摘Controlled nuclear fusion represents a significant solution for future clean energy,with ion cyclotron range of frequency(ICRF)heating emerging as one of the most promising technologies for heating the fusion plasma.This study primarily presents a self-developed 2D ion cyclotron resonance antenna electromagnetic field solver(ICRAEMS)code implemented on the MATLAB platform,which solves the electric field wave equation by using the finite element method,establishing perfectly matched layer(PML)boundary conditions,and post-processing the electromagnetic field data.This code can be utilized to facilitate the design and optimization processes of antennas for ICRF heating technology.Furthermore,this study examines the electric field distribution and power spectrum associated with various antenna phases to investigate how different antenna configurations affect the electromagnetic field propagation and coupling characteristics.
基金Project supported by the National MCF Energy Research and Development Program(Grant No.2022YFE03190100)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12422513,12105035,and U21A20438)the Xiaomi Young Talents Program。
文摘The electromagnetic wave propagations and their coupling characteristics in magnetized plasma near the antenna of ion cyclotron range of frequencies(ICRF)is studied based on self-developed 3DFEM-IA code.This code effectively resolves the three-dimensional(3D)geometry and the electromagnetic field using the finite element method.Our findings reveal that the distributions of electromagnetic fields and energy flow density significantly depend on the antenna phases,surface current density on the antenna straps,and background plasma density.Notably,the non-uniform surface current density on the antenna straps,resulting from the presence of induced currents,contributes to a reduction in coupling power within the edge plasma.Furthermore,the calculated coupling impedance increases with plasma density,corroborating well with experimental measurements.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11575237)the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program(Grant No.2015GB101001)the International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Project of Anhui(Grant No.1704e1002207)
文摘Ion cyclotron range of frequency（ICRF） heating has been used in tokamaks as one of the most successful auxiliary heating tools and has been adopted in the EAST. However, the antenna load will fluctuate with the change of plasma parameters in the ICRF heating process. To ensure the steady operation of the ICRF heating system in the EAST, fast ferrite tuner（FFT） has been carried out to achieve real-time impedance matching. For the requirements of the FFT impedance matching system, the magnet system of the ferrite tuner（FT） was designed by numerical simulations and experimental analysis, where the biasing magnetic circuit and alternating magnetic circuit were the key researched parts of the ferrite magnet. The integral design goal of the FT magnetic circuit is that DC bias magnetic field is 2000 Gs and alternating magnetic field is±400 Gs. In the FTT, E-type magnetic circuit was adopted. Ferrite material is Nd Fe B with a thickness of 30 mm by setting the working point of Nd Fe B, and the ampere turn of excitation coil is 25 through the theoretical calculation and simulation analysis. The coil inductance to generate alternating magnetic field is about 7 m H. Eddy-current effect has been analyzed, while the magnetic field distribution has been measured by a Hall probe in the medium plane of the biasing magnet. Finally, the test results show the good performance of the biasing magnet satisfying the design and operating requirements of the FFT.
基金China Fusion Engineering Experimental Reactor General Integration and Engineering Design (No. 2017YFE0300503)National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11775258)the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology Program of China (No. 2018-000052-73-01-001228)。
文摘A multi-voltage probe array system is designed to measure the coupling resistance of an ion cyclotron resonance frequency antenna. In the process of the antenna coupling resistance data extraction, the minimization algorithm, the original Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm, is replaced by the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm to achieve more stable and accurate results. Moreover, a simple model of the multi-voltage probe array was applied to simulate the performance of the Kalman filter, and to optimize the distance and position of the probes and probe number to mitigate the influence of the system noise on the rebuilt results. During the EAST experiment in 2019, a four-voltage probe array was applied to measure the coupling resistance of line 6 during high confined mode discharge. The measurement results by the multivoltage probe array system and the voltage/current probe pair show a good agreement.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2019YFE03070000and 2019YFE03070003)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11975265 and 11775258)+2 种基金Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology Program of China (No. 2018-000052-73-01-001228)the Open Fund of Magnetic Confinement Fusion Laboratory of Anhui Province (No. 2021AMF01001)Hefei Science Center,CAS(No. 2021HSC-KPRD001)。
文摘Two new ICRF antennas operating in the ion cyclotron radio frequency(ICRF) range have been developed for EAST to overcome the low coupling problem of the original antennas.The original ICRF antennas were limited in their power capacity due to insufficient coupling.The new antenna design takes into account both wave coupling and absorption processes through comprehensive wave coupling and absorption codes,with the dominant parallel wave number k∥of 7.5 m-1at dipole phasing.Through the use of these new ICRF antennas,we are able to achieve 3.8 MW output power and 360 s operation,respectively.The initial experimental results demonstrate the reliability of the antenna design method.
基金supported by National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China (No.2010GB110000)partly by Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.Y05FCQ1126)partly supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science-Chinese Academy of Sciences (JSPS-CAS) Core University Program on Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion
文摘An Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency （ICRF） system with a radio frequency （RF） power of 4×1.5 MW was developed for the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak （EAST）. High RF power transmitters were designed as a part of the research and development （R^D） for an ICRF system with long pulse operation at megawatt levels in a frequency range of 25 MHz to 70 MHz. Studies presented in this paper cover the following parts of the high power transmitter： the three staged high power amplifier, which is composed of a 5 kW wide- band solid state amplifier, a 100 kW tetrode drive stage amplifier and a 1.5 MW tetrode final stage amplifier, and the DC high voltage power supply （HVPS）. Based on engineering design and static examinations, the RF transmitters were tested using a matched dummy load where an RF output power of 1.5 MW was achieved. The transmitters provide 6 MW RF power in primary phase and will reach a level up to 12 MW after a later upgrade. The transmitters performed successfully in stable operations in EAST and HT-7 devices. Up to 1.8 MW of RF power was injected into plasmas in EAST ICRF heating experiments during the 2010 autumn campaign and plasma performance was greatly improved.
