HL-2A装置3MW 68GHz ECRH系统调试与运行

HL-2A装置3MW ECRH系统采用双高压电源形式的电子回旋管,阴极高压电源为回旋管提供加速束电流,阳极高压电源对通过转换区后的束电流施加减速作用,利于回旋管收集极吸收。根据回旋管运行特点和各回旋管不同的工作特性,合理优化回旋管阴极、阳极高压电源工作电压和其他参数。通过远程监控系统,使同时工作的回旋管处于较好的工作状态,充分提高HL-2A装置ECRH系统多管运行的微波输出功率。实验中,6支回旋管同时运行时,微波最高输出功率2.5MW,达到设计额定值83%,使HL-2A装置中等离子体得到了有效的加热。     

HL-2A装置ECRH高压电源分析计算和模拟仿真

HL-2A装置电子回旋共振加热系统主要由4只68GHz，550kW，脉宽1s，管体接地，阴极电压-55kv，阳极电压25kV，电流25A的回旋管组成。本文介绍的ECRH高压电源是同旋管的主高压电源，它主要用于加速束电流，提供直流输入功率．主高压电源的稳定对有效地提高回旋管的电功率与微波功率的转换效率起着重要的作用。     

HL-2A装置ECRH系统回旋管次高压电源研制

ECRH作为一种有效的加热手段，在托卡马克聚变装置实验中运用广泛，HL-2A装置ECRH系统采用了双高压电源模式的电子回旋管。这种结构的回旋管最大优点是输出效率高，对主高压电源要求相对较低。为了满足实验要求，使回旋管正常工作并得到较大的输出功率，研制性能稳定可靠、控制方便并具有较高技术指标的次高压电源必不可少。     

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HL-2A装置电子回旋共振加热系统的主要指标是2MW/1s/68GHz,系统由4个单元组成,每个单元包括一只回旋管,微波传输系统,控制保护测量和冷却等子系统。通过对ECRH系统和回旋管的调试,每只管子微波输出功率500kW,脉冲宽度1s,四管并联运行时总输出功率达到1.63MW,系统使用效率高于80%。     

HL-2A装置ECRH系统指标介绍

在HL-2A装置上正在开展电子回旋共振加热（ECRH）项目的工程研制，系统具有1MW，68GHz，1s的微波规模。采用弱场侧O模式注入，ECRH的定域加热特性可以用于等离子体加热、电流驱动和分布控制以及改善约束等实验的物理研究。到目前为止，电子回旋共振加热的各项子系统正在设计和研制中，系统的总体物理和工程参数已经初步确定，在此对其作一介绍。     

HL-2M 装置电子回旋共振加热及电流驱动系统设计与研制进展

根据 HL-2M 装置物理实验加热的需求,完成了总功率为 8MW 的电子回旋共振加热及电流驱动 (ECRH/ECCD)系统设计,开展了波源、传输及天线等关键部件研制。8MW ECRH/ECCD 系统,由 8 套 105GHz/  1MW/3s 波源系统、8 条内径为 63.5mm 的真空传输线及三套极向实时可控的发射天线构成。目前,已完成 ECRH/ECCD 系统关键部件研制及其相关的桌面与高功率性能测试。测试结果表明,微波源回旋管输出微波功率 达到1MW/3s,在真空度为 10^‒2Pa 的过模波纹圆波导传输线中能低耗稳定传输,发射天线极向全量程角度转动响 应时间在 50ms 以内。      

HL-2A装置ECRH系统的微波功率测量

新研制的微波功率测量系统主要由温度传感器、功率标定电源、电子学处理单元、数据采集和数据处理单元等几部分组成,通过测量EC系统MOU部件冷却水回路进水口和出水口的温度变化,得到MOU吸收的杂模功率。根据回旋管输出功率中的杂模含量比,计算得到回旋管的输出功率。在回旋管调试和ECRH实验期间,測量了4路回旋管的输出功率。从测量结果可知,HL-2A装置ECRH系统可提供大于1.6MW的总输出功率。     

HL-2A装置ECRH主高压电源的研制

介绍了HL-2A装置电子回旋系统主高压电源的研制。用星点控制技术实现了高压直流平台输出电压的调节;用TM-703FB大功率调制管为核心的高压调制技术实现了高压电源输出电压的快速升降及电源的快速保护。用前馈补偿和反馈控制技术实现了输出电压波纹小于1%。电源输出总体指标为-60kV/(25A×4)/1s,满足了ECRH系统的要求。     

HL-2A装置ECRH系统传输效率的测量研究

介绍了HL-2A装置ECRH系统传输效率的测量方法。通过对MOU、回旋管输出窗口及真空密封窗口吸收功率的测量,得到HL-2A电子回旋系统的传输效率为90％左右。提出了除由MOU处测量微波功率外,可以由传输线的其他部位确定功率的方法。     

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介绍了HL-2A装置ECRH系统传输效率的测量方法。通过对MOU、回旋管输出窗口及真空密封窗口吸收功率的测量,得到HL-2A电子回旋系统的传输效率为90％左右。提出了除由MOU处测量微波功率外,可以由传输线的其他部位确定功率的方法。     

Experimental investigation of a 140-GHz coaxial gyrotron oscillator

We report experimental results on a megawatt power level, 140-GHz coaxial gyrotron oscillator. The gyrotron has an inverted magnetron injection gun (IMIG) designed for operation at up to 95 kV and 88 A. The IMIG has an inner grounded anode which extends from the center of the gun down through the entire length of the tube including the cavity and collector. The IMIG was tested at up to 105 kV and 93 A in 3 μs pulses, achieving an electron beam power of 10 MW. The output power from the coaxial gyrotron cavity was transported to an internal mode converter and a single mirror that coupled the power out transversely from the tube axis. A maximum output power of up to 1 MW was obtained in the TE_27,11 mode at 142 GHz at an efficiency of 16%, about one half of the design efficiency. The reduced efficiency was attributed to nonuniformity of the cathode emission and the sensitivity to the relative alignment of the electron gun, coaxial insert, and cavity. The cathode emission over the azimuthal angle was measured for two cathodes and was shown to be nonuniform due to both temperature and emitter work function nonuniformity. The gyrotron was also tested in two alternate configurations: 1) with the internal mode converter removed (axial output), and 2) with both the internal converter and the coaxial insert removed (empty cavity). In operation in the empty cavity configuration, which is equivalent to a conventional gyrotron oscillator, output power of up to 0.9 MW was observed     

Nonparaxial magnetron injection gun for a high-power pulsed submillimeter-wave gyrotron

We determine distinctive features of the systems forming helical electron beams (HEBs) for high-power pulsed gyrotrons operated in the submillimeter-wave range. It is shown that they are characterized by a nonparaxial magnetic field in the emitter region, short distances between the cathode and the cavity, and the necessity of supplementing the magnetic system with a cathode coil placed behind the emitter. In a diode-type magnetron injection gun, which forms a boundary beam with a power of up to 4 MW, one can obtain the HEB parameters which are acceptable for the gyrotron operation. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 164–171, February 2009.     

Megawatt, 330 Hz PRF tunable gyrotron experiments

Repetitively pulsed and cw gyrotrons have hitherto used thermionic cathodes, whereas cold cathode gyrotrons have normally operated as single shot devices. The novel results presented here show that cold cathode gyrotrons can be successfully pulsed repetitively. A tunable gyrotron with a pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 150Hz is demonstrated. This system developed >4MW mm-wave output pulses at 100GHz. The gyrotron is based on a two-electrode configuration comprising a field-immersed, field emission, cold cathode and a shaped anode cavity. A superconducting magnet was used to produce the homogeneous intra-cavity magnetic field and a cable pulser was used to drive the electron beam. This pulser produced up to a (200±20)kV pulse with 10ns rise time, a 100ns flat top, a 10ns decay with a characteristic impedance of 200. The energy storage capacity of the cable pulser was 35J. The charging unit limited the maximum PRF to 330Hz. Due to spark gap switching limitations 330Hz was only obtainable in 5 to 10 pulse bursts. For substantial periods of the order of 30 seconds, 100Hz PRF was achieved over an oscillating range of 28 to 100GHz and 150Hz PRF was achieved at 80GHz. No degradation effects on the mm-wave output pulse was evident due to diode recovery time throughout this series of results. A subsequent conclusion is that the diode recovery time in our cold cathode gyrotron is less than 3ms.     

Possibilities for Optimizing the Cavity of a High-Power Continuous-Wave Gyrotron

We calculated the optimal parameters of a low-Q cavity of a millimeter-wavelength continuous-wave gyrotron which ensure that the maximum efficiency is reached for a limited heat load on the cavity wall. The influence of the cavity optimization on the efficiency of energy recovery of a collector electron beam is considered. Stability of the operating mode to self-excitation of other modes is studied. Gyrotrons with radiation power 1 MW, frequency range 140–170 GHz, and operating modes TE_22.6 and TE_25.10 are studied as the example. The obtained results are generalized to gyrotrons with other operating modes and frequencies.     

Development of the fast arcing protection for ECRH system on the HL-2A tokamak

1 Introduction A series of engineering tests and physical experiments,including ECRH[1],was carried out on the HL-2A tokamak in 2005.A fast arcing protection system[2] was developed to ensure operating of ECRH facilities[3],especially the gyrotron,against arcing in the transmission line.     

Enhancement of cavity selectivity in relativistic gyrotrons operated at axisymmetric modes

Mode selection is a key problem from the viewpoint of maintaining the single-mode generation regime in high-power gyrotrons operated at axisymmetric modes. In this paper, we propose several electrodynamic methods of mode selection, which allow separating the electrically strong axisymmetric higher-order mode from spurious modes. The possibility of suppressing the nearest spurious modes efficiently, by using either wide slits in the cavity, or azimuthal corrugations on the walls of the tapered cavity, is shown. A method of mode selection at cyclotron frequency harmonics is proposed. The results of studying two types of gyrotron cavities experimentally at a low power level confirmed their high selective properties. The cavities were calculated aiming at using them as the basis for creation of a gyrotron operated at the TE0.3 mode and producing a power of 5–10 MW in 1 μs long pulses at a wavelength of 1 cm. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 51, No. 10, pp. 837–849, October 2008.     

Explosive cathode gyrotron experiments

Experiments have investigated the behavior of explosive emission cathode gyrotrons using cylindrically symmetric coaxial diodes with centrally located knife-edged cathode and conical anode. Voltage probes and current shunts were exploited to monitor the diode electrical behavior when driven by a 3 μs 1/e time Marx power supply (up to 150 kV). Temporal reference signals permitted comparison of the diode's electrical evolution with the simultaneously measured microwave output signal from the gyrotron. The microwave output pulse duration was found to depend on the diode gap spacing (in the range 16-27 mm), the cavity magnetic field (range 1.3-3.3 T) and the cathode material, the termination being caused by the decay of the accelerating potential across the diode and the disruption of the diode geometry. The ratios of the cathode flare expansion velocities for graphite, copper and stainless steel cathodes were estimated as (1:(1.3±0.2):(2.2±0.5)) with a corresponding change in the duration of the microwave output signal [((590±17):(414±25):(325±10)) ns at 2.6 T]. Preliminary results are reported of recent experiments which have compared the optical emissions from the diode region during pulsed gyrotron operation with the simultaneously recorded diode electrical behavior and the gyrotron microwave output