中国散裂中子源加速器注入束流损失调节研究

注入系统是中国散裂中子源（CSNS）加速器的核心组成部分,对束流功率提升和稳定供束运行具有重要意义。注入束流损失是快循环同步加速器（RCS）能否在高功率下运行的决定因素之一。本文首先研究CSNS加速器注入束流损失的主要来源,包括注入参数不匹配、注入方式选择、剥离膜散射粒子损失、未被剥离的粒子损失等。其次,根据加速器的束流调节进程,对不同来源的束流损失进行调节和优化,降低注入束流损失,提高注入效率。最后,总结注入束流损失调节结果,初步测量得到注入效率约99%,并对进一步降低注入束流损失、提高注入效率提出改进方法和意见。     

Numerical Simulation of Non-Inductive Current Driven Scenario in EAST Using Neutral Beam Injection

For achieving the scientific mission of long pulse and high performance operation,experimental advanced superconducting tokamak(EAST) applies fully superconducting magnet technology and is equiped with high power auxiliary heating system.Besides RF(Radio Frequency) wave heating,neutral beam injection(NBI) is an effective heating and current drive method in fusion research.NBCD(Neutral Beam Current Drive) as a viable non-inductive current drive source plays an important role in quasi-steady state operating scenario for tokamak.The non-inductive current driven scenario in EAST only by NBI is predicted using the TSC/NUBEAM code.At the condition of low plasma current and moderate plasma density,neutral beam injection heats the plasma effectively and NBCD plus bootstrap current accounts for a large proportion among the total plasma current for the flattop time.     

Commissioning of the first KSTAR neutral beam injection system and beam experiments

The neutral beam injection (NBI) system was designed to provide plasma heating and current drive for high performance and long pulse operation of the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device using two co-current beam injection systems. Each neutral beam injection system was designed to inject three beams using three ion sources and each ion source has been designed to deliver more than 2.0 MW of deuterium neutral beam power for the 100-keV beam energy. Consequently, the final goal of the KSTAR NBI system aims to inject more than 12 MW of deuterium beam power with the two NBI for the long pulse operation of the KSTAR. As an initial step toward the long pulse (～300 s) KSTAR NBI system development, the first neutral beam injection system equipped with one ion source was constructed for the KSTAR 2010 campaign and successfully commissioned. During the KSTAR 2010 campaign, a MW-deuterium neutral beam was successfully injected to the KSTAR plasma with maximum beam energy of 90 keV and the L-H transition was observed with neutral beam heating. In recent 2011 campaign, the beam power of 1.5 MW is injected with the beam energy of 95 keV. With the beam injection, the ion and electron temperatures increased significantly, and increase of the toroidal rotation speed of the plasma was observed as well. This paper describes the design, construction, commissioning results of the first NBI system leading the successful heating experiments carried in the KSTAR 2010 and 2011 campaign and the trial of 300-s long pulse beam extraction.     

上海同步辐射光源工作点稳定性研究

上海同步辐射光源（SSRF）是一台第3代高性能同步辐射装置,已稳定运行超过10年。储存环的线性光学模型稳定是光源稳定运行的基础。工作点反馈系统可实时地校正工作点,并间接地以降维的方式反馈难以在线测量到的线性光学函数。工作点反馈系统在SSRF的稳定运行验证了此方法的可行性,该反馈系统不仅使得工作点稳定度显著提升,也使得束流发射度、注入效率以及束流寿命等重要参数的稳定度得到大幅提升。衍射极限储存环光源是现阶段被广泛研究和建设的新一代同步辐射光源,工作点反馈系统也将发挥更重要的作用。本文分析电子储存环线性光学函数和工作点的稳定性,回顾SSRF工作点反馈系统的实际运行情况,介绍工作点反馈系统在SSRF衍射极限环lattice（SSRF-U）的模拟。工作点反馈在SSRF的实际运行情况和在SSRF-U的模拟结果显示,该系统可将工作点稳定在±0.001范围内,可满足储存环光源稳定运行和线性差耦合共振圆束斑模式对工作点稳定度的需求。     

A description of the ITER's gas injection systems and current R&D activities

The gas injection system (GIS) is an indispensable part of ITER fueling system. It deliveries the necessary gas species from tritium plant to vacuum vessel, pellet injection system or neutral beam for plasma operation and fusion power shutdown. In this paper, the current design status of GIS, including the previous design changes, is briefly described. As the GIS design justification and support, the experimental study on GIS response time is illustrated. The factors delayed the GIS response time are identified, and two kinds of control mode are proved to be effective for improving the GIS response time. The exploration on magnetic shield design shows the discrepancy of shielding performance occurs in the case of the paralleling external magnetic field to the sample cylinder. These R&D works prove the design feasibility in some ways, and support possible solutions for design challenges as alternative design options.     

Thermal analysis of EAST neutral beam injectors for long-pulse beam operation

Two sets of neutral beam injectors(NBI-1 and NBI-2) have been mounted on the EAST tokamak since 2014. NBI-1 and NBI-2 are co-direction and counter-direction, respectively. As with indepth physics and engineering study of EAST, the ability of long pulse beam injection should be required in the NBI system. For NBIs, the most important and difficult thing that should be overcome is heat removal capacity of heat loaded components for long-pulse beam extraction. In this article, the thermal state of the components of EAST NBI is investigated using water flow calorimetry and thermocouple temperatures. Results show that(1) operation parameters have an obvious influence on the heat deposited on the inner components of the beamline,(2) a suitable operation parameter can decrease the heat loading effectively and obtain longer beam pulse length, and(3) under the cooling water pressure of 0.25 MPa, the predicted maximum beam pulse length will be up to 260 s with 50 keV beam energy by a duty factor of 0.5. The results present that, in this regard, the EAST NBI-1 system has the ability of long-pulse beam injection.     

Status of Work on the VÉPP-5 Injection Complex

The VÉPP-5 injection complex under construction at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a powerful source of intense electron and positron bunches at 510 MeV, which covers all needs of the electron–positron colliding beam setups currently operating and under construction at the Institute of Nuclear Physics. The complex includes a 285 MeV linear electron accelerator, a 510 MeV linear positron accelerator, and an accumulator–cooler with beam injection and ejection channels. Intense work on the design, assembly, and tuning of the linear electron accelerator has been conducted in the last 2 yr. As a result, by August 2002 the linear electron accelerator was put into operation with all standard subsystems. By this time, the isochronous achromatic turning of the electron beam, a system for converting electrons into positrons, and the first accelerating structure of the linear positron accelerator were assembled and put into operation. All this made it possible to accelerate the positron beam up to 75 MeV. Preliminary results of tests of the linear accelerators are presented.     

3D Position Information Extraction of Refilled Charge during Injection Process of Electron Storage Ring

The injection process of electron storage ring is a special transient process. The mismatch between the injector and the storage ring can be evaluated online by studying the 3D merging of refilled charge and stored charge. For the next-generation light source, it can lay a technical foundation for building a diagnostic system. The beam instrumentation group of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility developed a 3D bunch-by-bunch diagnostic system based on button pick-up signal and high-speed acquisition boards to measure the beam transverse position and longitudinal phase. Extracting the 3D position information of the refilled charge during the injection process is the critical issue in this system. The charge-weighted average method was proposed to extract the transverse position and the proportional coefficient method was proposed to extract the longitudinal phase. The transverse betatron oscillation and longitudinal synchrotron oscillation of the refilled charge were analyzed. 3D position information of the refilled charge and several dynamic parameters of ring, such as longitudinal maximum oscillation amplitude, initial arrival time and synchrotron damping time, can be extracted during the user operation mode, which provides a strong toolkit for accelerator physics.     

电子储存环注入过程中补注电荷的三维位置信息提取

电子储存环的注入过程是特殊的瞬态过程,研究补注电荷和储存电荷的三维位置融合过程可在线评估注入器与储存环的匹配度,也可为下一代光源诊断系统的搭建奠定技术基础。目前,上海同步辐射光源束流检测组研发了一套基于纽扣电极拾取信号和高速采集板卡的三维逐束团诊断系统,可精确测量逐束团三维位置。注入过程中补注电荷的三维位置信息可通过电荷加权平均法和比例系数法分别提取。通过对补注电荷横向betatron振荡和纵向同步振荡的分析,可原位提取betatron振荡振幅、同步振荡振幅、初始到达时间、同步振荡阻尼时间等多个动态参数,不需提供特别的机器研究时间,为储存环动力学研究提供了有力工具。     

Analysis of Power Deposition on Heat Load Components for EAST Neutral Beam Injector

Neutral beam injection is recognized as one of the most effective means of plasma heating. The target values of EAST Neutral beam injector (NBI) are beam energy 50–80 keV, injection beam total power 2–4 MW, beam pulse width 10–100 s. The beam power will deposit on the beam collimator due to the beam divergence and it will cause heat damage to heat load components, or even destroy the entire NBI system. In order to decrease the risk, the beam power deposited on heat load components should be assessed. In this article, the percent of power deposition on each heat load components has been calculated using Gaussian beam transmission model. Comparison of the results measured with water flow calorimeter and calculated results shows the beam transmission model has relative good agreement with real distribution. The results can direct the operation parameter optimization of EAST NBI.     

Thermodynamic analysis and simulation for gas baffle entrance collimator of EAST-NBI system based on thermo-fluid coupled method

The world's first full Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak(EAST) is designed with the auxiliary heating method of neutral beam injection(NBI)system. Beam collimators are arranged on both sides of the beam channel for absorbing the divergence beam during the beam transmission process in the EAST-NBI system.The gas baffle entrance collimator(GBEC) is a typical high-heat-flux component located at the entrance of gas baffle. An efficient and accurate analysis of its thermodynamic performance is of great significance to explore the working limit and to ensure safe operation of the system under a high-parameter steady-state condition. Based on the thermo-fluid coupled method, thermodynamic analysis and simulation of GBEC is performed to get the working states and corresponding operating limits at different beam extraction conditions. This study provides a theoretical guidance for the next step to achieve long pulse with highpower experimental operation and has an important reference to ensure the safe operation of the system.     

Analysis of Power Distribution on Beamline Components at Different Neutralization Efficiencies on NBI Test Stand

Neutral beam injection is recognized as one of the most effective means for plasma heating. According to the research plan of the EAST physics experiment, two sets of neutral beam injector(4–8 MW, 10–100 s) were built and operated in 2014. Neutralization efficiency is one of the important parameters for neutral beam. High neutralization efficiency can not only improve injection power at the same beam energy, but also decrease the power deposited on the heat-load components in the neutral beam injector(NBI). This research explores the power deposition distribution at different neutralization efficiencies on the beamline components of the NBI device. This work has great significance for guiding the operation of EAST-NBI, especially in long pulse and high power operation, which can reduce the risk of thermal damage of the beamline components and extend the working life of the NBI device.     

Water Flow Calorimetry System of EAST Neutral Beam Injector

Neutral beam injection (NBI) is recognized as one of the most effective means of plasma heating. The EAST NBI water flow calorimetry system (WFCS) based on PCI extensions for instrumentation (PXI) was established, it can measure temperature rise and flow rate of cooling water of the heat load components, and achieve beam power distribution and neutralization efficiency. Experimental data obtained from WFCS are feedback of the ion source operation state and direct the operation parameter optimization of the ion source. Experimental results show that the WFCS is stable, reliable, and meet the experimental requirements fully.     

Hot Cathode’s Working Voltage Impacts on the Operation of High Current Ion Source

High power ion source is one of the important parts of the neutral beam injection. It produces high energy beam by extracting and accelerating ions from its arc chamber. The hot cathode (filaments) in the arc chamber of the ion source operates in two modes. Operation mode of the cathode has great effect on the stable operation of the ion source. Based on the theory of hot cathode and experimental results, this paper presents the operation results (beam current, arc efficiency) of an ion source with various cathode temperatures (controlled by voltage applied to the cathode).     

Development of a tune knob for lattice adjustment in the HLS-II storage ring

The betatron tune is an important parameter in a storage ring to enable stable operation. A tune adjustment tool with a small impact on the beam dynamics is useful for user operation and machine studies. Therefore, a tune knob is developed for the Hefei light source-II(HLS-II) storage ring. Owing to the compactness of the storage ring, a global adjustment mechanism is adopted. To reduce the impact on beam injection, only quadrupole families outside the injection section are used by the tune knob, and the b functions of the injection section remain unchanged. A code is developed based on the accelerator simulation software, MAD-X, to calculate the adjustment of the quadrupole strengths. The accelerator toolbox is used to double check the accuracy of the tune knob. Online measurement of the tune knob is also performed. The result shows that the tune knob works well when the tune is adjusted in a specific range. Betatron coupling measurement is also carried out, showing an application of the tune knob on machine studies. In this paper, the development of the tune knob and its experimental results in the HLS-II storage ring are reported in detail.     

北京大学加速器质谱计注入系统

北京大学加速器质谱计的注入系统采用快交替注入技术，注入磁铁分辨率高、强峰拖尾抑制能力强。为提高传输效率、减小分馏效应，在束线设计中采取一系列措施，充分考虑ＡＭＳ的特殊要求。文章给出该注入系统的物理设计与调试测量结果。     

全超导非圆截面托卡马克中性束注入窗口材料活化研究

中性束注入加热为全超导非圆截面托卡马克(EAST)主要辅助加热方式之一.伴随着中性束注入加热,等离子体中子出射强度可达到1014 n/s.由于中性束注入窗口具有较大的开口尺寸,窗口泄露的大量中子可能影响系统的安全稳定运行.本文基于EAST中性束二维模型和蒙特卡洛程序MCNP与材料活化程序FISPACT,研究EAST两条...     

托卡马克超声分子束注入加料的进展

超声分子束注入作为一种新的托卡马克加料方法由作者在1992年首次提出并于当年在中国环流器一号(HL-1)装置演示成功,随后相继应用于中国环流器新一号(HL-1M)和中国科学院超导托卡马克HT-7装置。超声分子束注入等离子体呈现出电子密度峰化和温度中空分布的特征;等离子体流极向旋转速度提高,边缘扰动被抑制,等离子体能量约束得到改善。加料效率较常规脉冲送气提高一倍,而滞留器壁的粒子大为减少。近期开展的高气压氢超分子束注入实验,在束流中发现团簇流,可注入等离子体中心区域。多脉冲分子束注入形成电子密度的阶跃上升,如同冰弹丸注入效果。近年来该项技术已陆续应用于国外大型托卡马克和仿星器,是核聚变装置稳态运行的一种有效的加料方法。     

Two-plane painting injection scheme for BRing of HIAF

The high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility(HIAF)is under design at the Institute of Modern Physics(IMP)and will provide an intense ion beam for nuclear physics,atomic mass measurement research,and other applications.As the main ring of HIAF,the BRing accumulates beams to high intensity and accelerates them to high energy.To achieve high intensities up to 1×10~(11)(~(238)U~(34+)),the injection gain of the BRing must be as high as 88.However,multiple multiturn injection supported by the electron cooling system takes a long time,causing substantial beam loss under a strong space charge effect.Hence,a two-plane painting injection scheme is proposed for beam accumulation in the BRing.This scheme uses a tilted injection septum and horizontal and vertical bump magnets to paint the beam into horizontal and vertical phase space simultaneously.In this paper,the two-plane painting injection parameters are optimized,and the resulting injection process is simulated using the Objective Ring Beam Injection and Tracking(ORBIT)code.An injection gain of up to 110.3 with a loss rate of 2:3%is achieved,meeting the requirements of BRing.     

EAST-NBI反向电子吸收板换热计算与分析

中性束注入是托卡马克主要的辅助加热手段。目前先进实验超导托卡马克中性束注入(Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak-Neutral Beam Injection,EAST-NBI)装置采用的是正离子源,运行过程中离子源的部分部件有很大的热沉积,其中反向电子吸收板最为严重。经实验研究,当束功率为3.5 MW时,沉积在反向电子吸收板上的平均功率密度高达4.4 MW·m~(-2),有着较大的换热负担。为探究反向电子吸收板的极限运行时间,采用数值模拟的方法,对反向电子吸收板在不同束功率、冷却水水压等多种工况进行了计算。结果表明,电子吸收板随着束功率的增大,换热负担加重、换热效果变差,通过增压泵提高冷却水入口压力一定程度上可以提高换热能力,使其极限运行时间延长。对该课题的研究可以指导EAST-NBI的运行,以保证离子源安全、稳定工作,此外还为反向电子吸收板的进一步结构优化奠定理论基础,对发展长脉冲、高功率的离子源具有重要意义。