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First experimental results from the European Union 2-MW coaxial cavity iter gyrotron prototype

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First experimental results from the European Union 2-MW coaxial cavity iter gyrotron prototype (EN)
Albajar, F (EN)
Bethuys, S (EN)
Bin, W (EN)
Jin, J (EN)
Gantenbein, G (EN)
Jawla, S (EN)
Siravo, U (EN)
Bonicelli, T (EN)
Marmillod, P (EN)
Alberti, S (EN)
Cirant, S (EN)
Illy, S (EN)
Marletaz, B (EN)
Perez, A (EN)
Goodman, TP (EN)
Droz, E (EN)
Fasel, D (EN)
Benin, P (EN)
Dumbrajs, O (EN)
Lievin, C (EN)
Kern, S (EN)
Bruschi, A (EN)
Lavanchy, P (EN)
Tran, MQ (EN)
Piosczyk, B (EN)
Gandini, F (EN)
Hogge, J-P (EN)
Pagonakis, I (EN)
Thumm, M (EN)
Rzesnickl, T (EN)
Avramides, KA (EN)
Porte, L (EN)
conferenceItem (EN)
2014-03-01T02:46:10Z
2009 (EN)
The European Union is working toward providing 2-MW, coaxial-cavity, continuous-wave (cw) 170-GHz gyrotrons for ITER. Their design is based on results,from an experimental preprototype tube having a pulse length of several milliseconds, in operation at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK) for several years now. The first industrial prototype tube was designed for cw operation but, in a first phase, aimed at a pulse length of 1 s at the European Gyrotron Test Facility in Lausanne, Switzerland, as part of a phased testing/development program. (1 s, 60 s, cw). The first experimental results of the operation of this prototype gyrotron are reported here. The microwave generation was characterized at very short pulse length (<0.01 s) using a load on loan from FZK, and the highest measured output power was 1.4 MW, at a beam energy significantly lower than the design value (83 k V instead of 90 kV), limited by arcing in the tube. The radio frequency (rf) beat, profile wets measured to allow reconstruction of the phase and amplitude profile at the window and to provide the necessary information permitting proper alignment of the compact rf loads prior to pulse extension. Arcs in the tube limited the pulse length extension to a few tens of milliseconds. According to present planning, the tube is going to be opened, inspected, and refurbished, depending on the results of the inspection, to allow testing of an improved version of the mode launcher and replacement of some subassemblies. (EN)
Nuclear Science & Technology (EN)
Beam profiles (EN)
Microwave tubes (EN)
Test facilities (EN)
Output power (EN)
High-power microwave sources (EN)
Forschungszentrum karlsruhe (EN)
Short pulse (EN)
Switzerland (EN)
Continuous waves (EN)
European unions (EN)
Design values (EN)
Radio frequencies (EN)
Experimental reactors (EN)
Tubes (components) (EN)
Gyrotrons (EN)
CW operations (EN)
ITER (EN)
Beam energies (EN)
Pulse lengths (EN)
Microwaves (EN)
Coaxial cavities (EN)
Fusion Science and Technology (EN)
English
AMER NUCLEAR SOC (EN)
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