Design of the Prototype Negative Ion Source for Neutral Beam Injector at ASIPP

In order to support the design,manufacture and commissioning of the negativeion-based neutral beam injection(NBI) system for the Chinese Fusion Engineering Test Reactor(CFETR),the Hefei utility negative ion test equipment with RF source(HUNTER) was proposed at ASIPP.A prototype negative ion source will be developed at first.The main bodies of plasma source and accelerator of the prototype negative ion source are similar to that of the ion source for EAST-NBI.But instead of the filament-arc driver,an RF driver is adopted for the prototype negative ion source to fulfill the requirement of long pulse operation.A cesium seeding system and a magnetic filter are added for enhancing the negative ion density near the plasma grid and minimizing co-extracted electrons.Besides,an ITER-like extraction system is applied inside the accelerator,where the negative ion beam is extracted and accelerated up to 50 kV.     

The development of data acquisition and processing application system for RF ion source

As the key ion source component of nuclear fusion auxiliary heating devices, the radio frequency(RF) ion source is developed and applied gradually to offer a source plasma with the advantages of ease of control and high reliability. In addition, it easily achieves long-pulse steady-state operation. During the process of the development and testing of the RF ion source, a lot of original experimental data will be generated. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a stable and reliable computer data acquisition and processing application system for realizing the functions of data acquisition, storage, access, and real-time monitoring. In this paper, the development of a data acquisition and processing application system for the RF ion source is presented. The hardware platform is based on the PXI system and the software is programmed on the Lab VIEW development environment. The key technologies that are used for the implementation of this software programming mainly include the long-pulse data acquisition technology, multithreading processing technology, transmission control communication protocol, and the Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer data compression algorithm. Now, this design has been tested and applied on the RF ion source. The test results show that it can work reliably and steadily. With the help of this design, the stable plasma discharge data of the RF ion source are collected,stored, accessed, and monitored in real-time. It is shown that it has a very practical application significance for the RF experiments.     

Design of an ion extractor system for a prototype ion source experiment for SST-1 neutral beam injector

An ion extractor system has been designed for the steady state superconducting tokamak (SST-1) neutral beam injector (NBI) for an experiment using a prototype ion source with fully integrated regulated high voltage power supply (RHVPS) and data acquisition and control system (DACS) developed at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) to obtain experience of NB operation. The extractor system is capable of extracting positive hydrogen ion beam of ∼10 A current at ∼20 kV. This paper presents the beam optics study for detailed design of an ion extraction system which could meet this requirement. It consists of 3 grid accel-decel system, each of the grid has 217 straight cylindrical holes of 8 mm diameter. Grids are placed on a specially designed G-10 block; a fiber reinforc plastic (FRP) isolator of outer diameter of 820 mm and 50 mm thickness. Provisions are made for supplying high voltage to the grid system through the embedded feed-throughs. Extractor system has been fabricated, mounted on the SST-1 neutral beam injector and has extracted positive hydrogen ion beam of 4 A at 20 kV till now.     

EAST-NBI抑制极电源IGBT串联技术的研究

中性束注入器(Neutral Beam Injector,NBI)是东方超环(Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak,EAST)核聚变实验装置辅助加热的重要组成部分。目前NBI离子源引出系统采用四电极结构,即加速电极、梯度电极、抑制电极和地电极。抑制极电源是为其中的抑制电极提供负电位的高压直流电源。根据抑制极电源输出特性的要求,输出端采用串联绝缘栅双极型晶体管(Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor,IGBT)作为调制开关。为研究IGBT串联技术对均压效果和抑制极电源输出特性的影响,采用PSpice软件对IGBT开关进行了建模,并进行了不同电路参数下的仿真。仿真表明:一定条件下,电阻电容二极管(Resistance Capacitance Diode,RCD)缓冲电路中电容参数对动态均压效果和电源关断特性具有决定性影响,缓冲电阻影响电容的放电时间及放电电流峰值。最后给出了相应的实验测试结果。该研究结果可以明确缓冲电路参数与均压效果以及抑制极电源开关特性之间的定量关系,为抑制极电源开关特性的进一步优化及其与加速极电源的特性匹配提供数据指导,对于NBI离子源的安全稳定运行具有重要意义。     

Design and Development of a Power Supply System for NBI Test Stand of EAST

A neutral beam injector (NBI) test stand was constructed to develop a multi-megawatt prototype ion source as an auxiliary heating system on experimental advanced superconducting tokamak. A power supply system for the NBI test stand components such as a set of dc power supplies for plasma generator, a dc high voltage power supply of a tetrode accelerator, a transmission line and a surge energy suppressor. Stable arc discharges of the plasma generator with hydrogen gases for 100 s long pulse have been produced by six Langmuir probes feedback loop regulation mode to control the arc power supply. The 4 MW hydrogen ion beam of 1 s is extracted with beam energy of 80 keV and the beam current of 52 A. The dc high voltage power supply for the plasma grid of the prototype ion source was designed to contribute maximum voltage of 100 kV and current of 100 A. The high voltage power output is continuously adjustable to satisfy with plasma physics experiment in operation frequency of 10 Hz. To prevent damage of the beam source at high voltage breakdown, core snubber using deltamax soft magnetic materials have been adopted to satisfy the input energy into the accelerator from the power supply can be reduced to about 5 J in the case of breakdown at 80 kV. For the transmission line, a disc shape multi cable coaxial configuration was adopted and which the dimension of the diameter is 140 mm at the core snubber. The major issues of discharge characteristics with long pulse and beam extraction with high power for the prototype ion source were investigated on the NBI test stand.     

RADI—A RF source size-scaling experiment towards the ITER neutral beam negative ion source

IPP Garching is currently developing a negative hydrogen ion RF source for the ITER neutral beam system. The source demonstrated already current densities in excess of the ITER requirements (>200 A/m² D⁻) at the required source pressure and electron/ion ratio, but with only small extraction area and limited pulse length. A new test facility (RADI) went recently into operation for the demonstration of the required (plasma) homogeneity of a large RF source and the modular driver concept.The source with the dimension of 0.8 m × 0.76 m has roughly the width and half the height of the ITER source; its modular driver concept will allow an easy extrapolation in only one direction to the full size ITER source. The RF power supply consists of two 180 kW, 1 MHz RF generators capable of 30 s pulses. A dummy grid matches the conductance of the ITER source. Full size extraction is presently not possible due to the lack of an insulator, a large size extraction system and a beam dump.The main parameters determining the performance of this “half-size” source are the negative ion and electron density in front of the grid as well as the homogeneity of their profiles across the grid. Those will be measured by optical emission and cavity ring down spectroscopy, by Langmuir probes and laser detachment. These methods have been calibrated to the extracted current densities achieved at the smaller source test facilities at IPP for similar source parameters. However, in order to get some information about the possible ion and electron currents, local single aperture extraction with a Faraday cup system is planned.     

高计数率气体探测器读出电子学原型机研制

研制一套可用于高计数率气体探测器的读出电子学原型机系统,包括前端板、数据采集板和上位机。前端板采用一款先进的前端读出专用集成电路(ASIC)芯片实现对探测器信号的测量和模数转换;数据采集板利用现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）实现对数据的分析、处理和传输;上位机实现控制指令发送、PC端数据接收及存储等。在22~99 fC的输入范围内,原型机各通道积分非线性均好于024%;联合探测器使用55Fe放射源测试,结果好于相同条件下的商用电子学。可满足20 kHz计数率下GEM TPC探测器的读出需求。     

Experimental study of a single tube high RF power amplifier for ICRF heating system

A concept of a single tube high RF power amplifier was developed for ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) plasma heating system. In the concept, a tetrode was used with a grounded cathode and input power to drive a control grid of the tetrode was provided by a switching circuit. As the new amplifier arrangement can eliminate a low power (10 kW level) and an intermediate power (100 kW level) tetrode amplifiers, their high voltage DC (HVDC) power supplies, and control and monitor system for these amplifiers and HVDC power supplies in a conventional high RF power source of the ICRF heating system, this new high RF power source is more flexible on frequency change and more mechanically reliable than the conventional one. A test amplifier composed of the tetrode and a field effect transistor (FET) switching circuit was constructed. The FET switching circuit was so compact that it could be mounted close to the tetrode socket. The maximum output RF power of 8.5 kW was obtained with a plate efficiency of 82% at 70 MHz. The feasibility of the single tube high RF power amplifier was experimentally proved. The plate efficiency of 82% could not be explained by the standard class-C amplification but by high efficiency amplification under assumptions of a flat-topped plate current pattern and double resonance of an output cavity at the fundamental frequency and the third higher harmonic frequency.     

ns级快脉冲电源研制

高重复频率ns级快脉冲电源是粒子加速器超快kicker注入引出技术中有待攻克的关键技术难题。本工作利用计算机仿真和桌面实验等手段从理论上研究了感应叠加技术、射频MOSFET开关及驱动电路技术,并在此基础上设计研制了1台10级感应叠加的快脉冲电源性能样机。经初步测试,10级叠加性能样机在500 Hz低频工作条件下,输出脉冲幅度>4.3 kV,脉冲前沿<2.8 ns,脉冲宽度<9 ns,基本达到了预期目标。     

EAST强流离子源电源系统的初步测试运行

测试NBI大功率强流离子源的综合测试台正在建设,已研制了离子源等离子体发生器电源系统、等离子体电极高压电源及梯度极分压器、抑制极负高压电源等电源系统,以及高压传输线及缓冲器,在测试台上开展了对EAST中性束注入器第一台兆瓦级强流离子源样机进行整体电源系统测试和离子源起弧放电的初步测试,完成了离子源电源系统初步性能测试及...     

First results of negative ion extraction with Cs for CRAFT prototype negative beam source

In order to understand the physics and pre-study the engineering issues for radio frequency(RF)negative beam source, a prototype source with a single driver and three-electrode accelerator was developed. Recently, the beam source was tested on the RF source test facility with RF plasma generation, negative ion production and extraction. A magnetic filter system and a Cs injection system were employed to enhance the negative ion production. As a result, a long pulse of 105 s negative ion beam with current density of 153 A m-2 was repeatedly extracted successfully. The source pressure is 0.6 Pa and the ratio of co-extracted electron and negative ion current is around0.3. The details of design and experimental results of beam source were shown in this letter.     

Hefei utility negative ions test equipment with RF source: commissioning and first results

In order to study the key technology and physics of RF driven negative ion source for neutral beam injector in China, the Hefei utility negative ions test equipment with RF source was developed at Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP). Its negative ion source can be equipped with single or double RF drivers. There is a plasma expansion chamber with depth of 19 mm and an enhanced filter field. A three electrodes negative ion accelerator was employed to extract and accelerate the negative ions, which are plasma grid, extraction grid and ground grid. And there are several diagnostic tools for the plasma and beam parameters measurement. The characteristics of plasma generation, negative ion production and extraction were studied on the test equipment. The negative ion beam was extracted from the RF driven negative ion source for the first time. The detailed structure and main results are presented in this article.     

基于千兆以太网的CSNS RCS射频分布式控制系统架构

中国散裂中子源(China Spallation Neutron Source,CSNS)快循环同步加速器的射频系统的远程控制系统采用基于千兆以太网的分布式体系结构,其软件架构使用国际加速器界广泛使用的开源软件工具EPICS(Experimental and Industrial Control System)进行开发。系统主要由CPCI低电平控制器、高功率四极管放大器和偏流源机器状态监控网络、联锁保护系统、中控中转服务器和人机交互界面组成。论文主要介绍了该系统的基本功能和拓扑结构,以及各个组成部分软硬件的设计和实现。     

Studies on the Matching Network of the High Power Radio Frequency Transmitter for the NBI RF Ion Source

A radio frequency (RF) driven ion source has been developed at ASIPP (Institute of Plasma Physics, CAS) for the neutral beam injector with a 1 MHz, 25 kW RF power supply system. The paper describes the studies performed with emphasis on the RF matching network system design based on the dedicated Smith chart analyses to improve and simplify the optimized solution. Also the future RF matching network design was analyzed with the matching transformers which were set between the high-power RF transmitter and the RF driven ion source to isolate the high voltage from the accelerator of the ion source.     

基于EPICS的注入凸轨脉冲电源控制样机研制

中国散裂中子源（CSNS）快循环同步加速器（RCS）是一台高束流功率质子加速器,凸轨磁铁脉冲（BUMP）电源是CSNS注入系统的重要设备。根据CSNS工程建设的要求,需在预研阶段研制一套凸轨电源控制样机,用于研究和解决控制系统建造中的一些关键技术。注入凸轨电源样机通过横河公司生产的WE7000测量系统实现对脉冲电源的控制,根据物理设计需要可完成对电源的任意波形给定输出并实现对电源输出波形的回采显示。本文主要介绍了基于EPICS系统的WE7000设备驱动的开发,以及在此基础上研制的注入凸轨脉冲电源控制样机的应用。通过联机测试的结果表明,该样机满足对注入凸轨脉冲电源的控制要求,达到了预研目的。     

Upgraded control system designed for SECRAL

To improve the accuracy and usability of the superconducting electron cyclotron resonance ion source with advanced design in Lanzhou (SECRAL),an upgraded version of the control system was designed and tested.This paper details the architecture of the opimized control system and presents the results of its use in the long-term operation of the accelerator.The control system software,based on Visual C++,was developed following the model-view-controller architecture design pattern.The data acquisition system was based on a field-programmable gate array integrated circuit.In addition,control strategies were optimized for higher operational stability.The upgraded control system was tested with a U33+ ion beam at SECRAL,where it provided a data acquisition time of less than 1 ms.The fast reaction time and highprecision data processing during beam tuning verified the stability and maintainability of the control system.     

Negative ion beam extraction in ROBIN

The RF based single driver ?ve ion source experiment test bed ROBIN (Replica Of BATMAN like source in INDIA) has been set up at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), India in a technical collaboration with IPP, Garching, Germany. A hydrogen plasma of density 5 × 10¹² cm^?3 is expected in driver region of ROBIN by launching 100 kW RF power into the driver by 1 MHz RF generator. The cesiated source is expected to deliver a hydrogen negative ion beam of 10 A at 35 kV with a current density of 35 mA/cm² as observed in BATMAN.In first phase operation of the ROBIN ion source, a hydrogen plasma has been successfully generated (without extraction system) by coupling 80 kW RF input power through a matching network with high power factor (cos θ > 0.8) and different plasma parameters have been measured using Langmuir probes and emission spectroscopy. The plasma density of 2.5 × 10¹¹ cm^?3 has been measured in the extraction region of ROBIN. For negative hydrogen ion beam extraction in second phase operation, extraction system has been assembled and installed with ion source on the vacuum vessel. The source shall be first operated in volume mode for negative ion beam extraction. The commissioning of the source with high voltage power supply has been initiated.     

Progress of the RF negative hydrogen ion source for fusion at HUST

Huazhong University of Science and Technology has developed an experimental setup of a radio frequency (RF) driven negative hydrogen ion source, to investigate the physics of production and extraction of the H− ions for neutral beam injection in nuclear fusion reactors. The main design parameters of the ion source are: RF power ≤40 kW; extraction voltage ≤10 kV; accelerator voltage ≤20 kV. This paper gives an overview of the progress of the ion source with particular emphasis on some issues. The RF driver and source plasma are analyzed and optimized in terms of impedance matching, plasma characteristics and power coupling. In regard to the simulation analysis, a plasma model based on the particle-in-cell method and a beam trajectory model considering beam stripping loss are developed to investigate the plasma and negative ions transport inside the ion source. Furthermore, a collisional radiative model of H and H2 is built for plasma optical diagnosis.     

2 Hz增强器电源的设计与研制

高能同步辐射光源（HEPS）的增强器电源为动态电源,输出电流是2 Hz的偏置正弦波。电源的前级设计采用了Boost电路结构,通过双闭环算法平稳了输入电感的电流,减少了因为动态电流输出导致的电网波动。输出采用两象限（2Q）变换器设计,通过移相倍频的方式产生PWM（脉冲宽度调制）波形,提高了电源输出频率。电源控制采用自主研发的基于FPGA的数字电源控制器,并通过上位机LabVIEW界面修改控制参数,实现了电源输出波形的下载与输出电流采样的存储。实验结果表明,2 Hz动态电源的输出性能达到并优于0.1%跟踪误差的设计指标,验证了电源设计的可行性和算法的准确性。