Evaluation of electron cyclotron resonace heating properties

• Project/Area Number: 15H06836
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Nuclear fusion studies
• Research Institution: National Institute for Fusion Science
• Principal Investigator: Makino Ryohei 核融合科学研究所, ヘリカル研究部, 助教 (00755118)
• Research Collaborator: NISHIURA Masaki 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 准教授 (60360616)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 核融合 / プラズマ加熱 / プラズマ・核融合 / ミリ波・マイクロ波計測 / プラズマ計測

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is necessary to produce high temperature plasmas which are more than 100 million degrees for magnetic confinement fusion device. To realize the condition for nuclear fusion, high power and high efficiency heating is essential. It is important to evaluate the properties of heating for improvement of heating efficiency and control of heat/particle transport. We developed measurement systems for heating evaluation as follows; (1) improvement of power and polarization monitor for millimeter-wave which is used for electron cyclotron resonance heating, (2) expansion of the the measurement area of the electron cyclotron emission system, (3) development of polarimeter to measure an isotropy in the electron velocity space.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] National Fusion Research Institute(韓国)
  • Country Name: KOREA (REP. OF KOREA)
  • Counterpart Institution: National Fusion Research Institute
• [Presentation] LHDにおけるFPGAを用いた大電力ミリ波用パワー及び偏波モニターの開発 (2016)
  • Author(s): 牧野良平、久保伸、田辺明毅、小林策治、辻村亨、下妻隆、吉村泰夫、伊神弘恵、高橋裕己
  • Organizer: 第33回プラズマ・核融合学会 年会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-29 – 2016-12-02
• [Presentation] Recent progress in the ECRH system on LHD (2015)
  • Author(s): R. Makino, S. Kubo, T. Shimozuma, Y. Yoshimura, H. Igami, H. Takahashi, T. I. Tsujimura, S. Ito, S. Kobayashi, Y. Mizuno, K. Okada and T. Mutoh
  • Organizer: Japan-Korea Workshop on "Physics and Technology of Heating and Current Drive"
  • Place of Presentation: 日立シビックセンター(茨城県・日立市)
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-21 – 2015-12-22
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] LHDにおける大電力ミリ波用電力及び偏波実時間計測モニターの開発 (2015)
  • Author(s): 牧野良平、久保伸、小林賢矢、辻村 亨、小林策治、下妻隆、吉村泰夫、伊神弘恵、高橋裕己、武藤敬
  • Organizer: 第32回プラズマ・核融合学会 年会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学(愛知県・名古屋市)
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-24 – 2015-11-27
• [Presentation] Development of a power and polarization monitor on the ECRH transmission line (2015)
  • Author(s): R. Makino, K. Kobayashi, S. Kubo, T. I. Tsujimura, S. Kobayashi, T. Shimozuma, Y. Yoshimura, H. Igami, H. Takahashi, T. Mutoh
  • Organizer: JA-EU-US RF Heating Technology Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: KFC Hall & Rooms(東京都・墨田区)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-31 – 2015-09-02
  • Int'l Joint Research