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Article Dans Une Revue Nuclear Fusion Année : 2013

Recent progress on lower hybrid current drive and implications for ITER

B. Beckett
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M. Bernard
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J. Decker
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G.T. Hoang
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P.K. Sharma
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The sustainment of steady-state plasmas in tokamaks requires efficient current drive systems. Lower Hybrid Current Drive (LHCD) is currently the most efficient method to generate a continuous additional off-axis toroidal plasma current as well as reduce the poloidal flux consumption during the plasma current ramp-up phase. The operation of the Tore Supra ITER-like LH launcher has demonstrated the capability to couple LH power at ITER-like power densities with very low reflected power during long pulses. In addition, the installation of eight 700kW/CW klystrons at the LH transmitter has allowed increasing the total LH power in long pulse scenarios. However, in order to achieve pure stationary LH sustained plasmas, some R&D are needed to increase the reliability of all the systems and codes, from the RF sources to the plasma scenario prediction. The CEA/IRFM is addressing some of these issues by leading a R&D program towards an ITER LH system and by the validation of an integrated LH modeling suite of codes. In 2011, the RF design of a mode converter has been validated at low power. A 500 kW/5 s RF window is currently under manufacturing and will be tested at high power in 2012 in collaboration with NFRI. All of this work aims to reduce the operational risks associated with the ITER steady-state operations.

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cea-01132512 , version 1 (17-03-2015)

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J. Hillairet, A. Ekedahl, M. Goniche, Y. Bae, J. Achard, et al.. Recent progress on lower hybrid current drive and implications for ITER. Nuclear Fusion, 2013, 53 (7), pp.073004. ⟨10.1088/0029-5515/53/7/073004⟩. ⟨cea-01132512⟩
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