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Pre-conceptual design of the fixed mirrors for the DEMO Electron Cyclotron Heating antenna

Timothy Goodman, Jean-Philippe Hogge, René Chavan, Avelino Mas Sanchez, Anastasia Xydou, Cinta Lucia Marraco Borderas, Daniel Birlan, Humberto Torreblanca Quiroz, Marc Noël, Arnaud Clément

The M1 mirrors are part of the in -vessel quasi -optical Electron Cyclotron beam propagation system of the DEMO nuclear fusion reactor. These four mirrors are all non -movable and with a plane reflecting surface. Based on their functionality they are divid ...

Elsevier Science Sa2024

Effect of Ion Irradiation on the Surface Electrical Conductivity of Cucrzr at High Frequencies

Timothy Goodman, Jean-Philippe Hogge, René Chavan, Jérémy Genoud, Avelino Mas Sanchez, Anastasia Xydou, Cinta Lucia Marraco Borderas, Daniel Birlan

The ohmic losses in the Electron Cyclotron Heating system of the DEMO nuclear fusion reactor depend on the surface electrical conductivity of the material at the frequency of the mm-wave beams generated in the gyrotrons. To reduce the ohmic losses, many co ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2025

Conceptual design of a modular EC heating system for EU-DEMO

Timothy Goodman, Jean-Philippe Hogge, René Chavan, Anastasia Xydou, Cinta Lucia Marraco Borderas, Daniel Birlan, Marc Noël, Fabien Pierre Crisinel, Arnaud Clément

The European DEMO (EU-DEMO) reactor studies within EUROfusion aim to develop a fusion power plant concept. The large tokamak device needs an auxiliary heating power which, at the present stage, is provided by the Electron Cyclotron (EC) heating system with ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2024

Design description and thermo-hydraulic assessment of the steering mirror for the EU DEMO Electron Cyclotron system

Jean-Philippe Hogge, René Chavan, Avelino Mas Sanchez, Anastasia Xydou, Cinta Lucia Marraco Borderas, Daniel Birlan

Six Electron Cyclotron (EC) launchers are currently envisaged to be installed at the Equatorial Ports (EP) of the EU DEMO Tokamak with the purpose of delivering up to 130 MW for plasma bulk heating (BH), thermal instability (TI) control and magnetohydrodyn ...

2025

Pre-conceptual design of the steering mirror for the DEMO electron cyclotron heating system

Timothy Goodman, Jean-Philippe Hogge, René Chavan, Avelino Mas Sanchez, Anastasia Xydou, Cinta Lucia Marraco Borderas, Daniel Birlan

An Electron Cyclotron (EC) Heating and Current Drive (HCD) system will be installed in the EU DEMO Tokamak to provide plasma heating and stabilization by coupling up to 130 MW of mm-wave power into specific regions of the plasma. The mm -waves will be gene ...

Elsevier Science Sa2024

Conceptual design proposal for the EU-DEMO electron cyclotron ex-vessel waveguide system with enhanced remote maintainability

Jean-Philippe Hogge, René Chavan, Avelino Mas Sanchez, Anastasia Xydou, Daniel Birlan, Fabien Pierre Crisinel

The EUropean DEMOnstration power plant (EU-DEMO) project, a EUROfusion initiative, seeks to advance fusion power technology by developing a reliable Electron Cyclotron (EC) heating and current drive system capable of delivering up to 130 MW of auxiliary he ...

2025