Analysis of DIII-D neutral beam power systems for 10 second operation

• Main Authors: Pawley, C.J., Scoville, J.T., Hong, R.-M., Stevenson, T., Rossi, G., Edwards, J., von Halle, A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: DIII-D; Drives; long pulse; Neutral Beams; Particle beams; Power measurement; Power supplies; Power system analysis computing; Power system simulation; Pulse measurements; Pulse power systems; Pulsed power supplies; Tokamaks
• ISSN: 1078-8891
• DOI: 10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226396

The neutral beam injector systems on the DIII-D tokamak are currently limited to 3 seconds of total beam on time with the existing beam line components. To achieve high performance discharges with a high fraction of non-inductive neutral beam current drive for pulse lengths longer than the resistive time, long pulse upgrades are planned for both the neutral beam line and the power supplies that drive it. The beam on time will be extended to 10 seconds to provide full drive throughout the tokamak shot. This paper discusses the calculations, simulations and measurements of the neutral beam power systems to identify component modifications required for the longer pulse operations. The power supplies examined are the high power beam voltage supply (up to 80 amps at 84 kV) as well as the ion source arc and filament power supplies and the downstream grid control supplies. The beams may be modulated through the entire length of the 10-second shot to provide a fine control on total neutral beam power into the plasma. This will cause additional power dissipation and insulation stresses in the power system well above what occurs in the un-modulated pulse. Initial analysis of design data has shown that most of the major components of the power supplies are completely capable of providing the increased pulse length. Many of the power supplies have been in operation for over 20 years, so the emphasis of the effort on the power supplies is to make any modifications that will ensure reliability with the longer pulses into the foreseeable future.