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

Mas Sánchez, Avelino  
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Chavan, René  
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Birlan, Daniel  
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October 1, 2025
Fusion Engineering and Design

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 magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) mode suppression. The MHD stabilization will be performed by two mid steering antennas (MSA) with a fixed mirror and a steerable mirror, each reflecting three mm-wave beams with a nominal power of 2 MW. A new proposal for the steering mechanism, which completely avoids the use of flexible cooling pipes, is described and analysed in this paper. In this new concept, the flexure pivot blades feature inner channels that enable cooling water to flow through them and remove the deposited heat efficiently. The thermo-hydraulic analysis shows that the flexure pivots experience moderately low temperature values, particularly when compared with previous uncooled designs. However, the flow velocities along the channels are relatively high, which is translated in a remarkable overall pressure drop in the system.

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DOI
10.1016/j.fusengdes.2025.115313
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105009745270

Author(s)
Mas Sánchez, Avelino  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Chavan, René  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Birlan, Daniel  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Goodman, Timothy P.

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Hogge, Jean Philippe  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Marraco Borderas, Cinta  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Xydou, Anastasia  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2025-10-01

Published in
Fusion Engineering and Design
Volume

219

Article Number

115313

Subjects

DEMO

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EC HCD

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Flexure pivots

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Steering mirrors

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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SPC-II  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

European Commission

SERI

Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation

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July 14, 2025
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