Archivio Istituzionale della RicercaRF measurements during variation of the strap voltage balance of the original 2-strap ICRF antenna in ASDEX Upgrade at constant power are consistent with electromagnetic calculations by HFSS and TOPICA, more so for the latter. RF image current compensation is observed at the antenna limiters in the experiment at a local strap voltage of about half of the value of the remote strap, albeit with a non-negligible uncertainty in phasing. The RF-specific tungsten (W) source at the broad-limiter 2-strap antenna correlates strongly with the RF voltage at the local strap at the locations not connected to opposite side of the antenna along magnetic field lines. The trends of the observed increase of the RF loading with injection of local gas are well described by a combined EMC3-Eirene - FELICE calculations, with the most efficient improvement confirmed for the outer-midplane valves, but underestimated by about 1/3. The corresponding deuterium density tailoring is also likely responsible for the decrease of local W sources observed in the experiment.
Progress in controlling ICRF-edge interactions in ASDEX upgrade / Bobkov, V. l.; A, ; Jacquet, P. h.; Ochoukov, R.; Zhang, W.; Bilato, R.; Braun, F.; Carralero, D.; Colas, L.; Czarnecka, A.; Dux, R.; Faugel, H.; Fünfgelder, H.; Jacquot, J.; Křivská, A.; Lunt, T.; Milanesio, Daniele; Maggiora, Riccardo; Meyer, O.; Monakhov, I.; Noterdaeme, J. M.; Potzel, S.; Pütterich, T. h.; Stepanov, I.. - STAMPA. - 1689:(2015), p. 030004. (Intervento presentato al convegno 21st Topical Conference on Radiofrequency Power in Plasmas tenutosi a Lake Arrowhead, California, USA nel 27-29 April 2015) [10.1063/1.4936469].
Progress in controlling ICRF-edge interactions in ASDEX upgrade
MILANESIO, DANIELE;MAGGIORA, Riccardo;
2015
Abstract
RF measurements during variation of the strap voltage balance of the original 2-strap ICRF antenna in ASDEX Upgrade at constant power are consistent with electromagnetic calculations by HFSS and TOPICA, more so for the latter. RF image current compensation is observed at the antenna limiters in the experiment at a local strap voltage of about half of the value of the remote strap, albeit with a non-negligible uncertainty in phasing. The RF-specific tungsten (W) source at the broad-limiter 2-strap antenna correlates strongly with the RF voltage at the local strap at the locations not connected to opposite side of the antenna along magnetic field lines. The trends of the observed increase of the RF loading with injection of local gas are well described by a combined EMC3-Eirene - FELICE calculations, with the most efficient improvement confirmed for the outer-midplane valves, but underestimated by about 1/3. The corresponding deuterium density tailoring is also likely responsible for the decrease of local W sources observed in the experiment.
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