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Design optimization of the Upper Steering Mirror Assembly (USMA) for ITER ECHUL in view of disruptive events

Vagnoni, Matteo  
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Chavan, René  
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Goodman, Timothy  
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February 20, 2021
Fusion Engineering and Design

Four Electron Cyclotron Heating Upper Launchers (ECHUL) will be used at ITER to counteract magneto-hydrodynamic plasma instabilities by targeting them with up to 20 MW of mm-wave power at 170 GHz. The millimeter waves are guided through a set of fixed mirrors (M1, M2 and M3) and the front steering mirror set (M4), aiming at the correct location in the plasma for suppression of the q = 3/2 and q = 2/1 Neoclassical Tearing Modes (NTMs). At the M4 reflecting mirror surfaces, part of the mm-wave power is converted into heat by ohmic dissipation, totaling ca. 25 kW of absorbed power and reaching a peak power density of up to 1.8 MW/m2 in each of the 4 beam center spots. The latest in-vessel mm-wave mirrors Components Load Specification (CLS) data imposes an increase of the electromagnetically induced loads relative to those anticipated in earlier designs, resulting in higher mechanical load on the Crossed Flexure Pivot (CFP) due to Vertical Displacements Events (VDEs). The present paper reports the main design optimizations as well as the finite elements analyses carried out with the objective to: 1) reduce the electromagnetic loads on the components due to induced Eddy currents, 2) dissipate the thermal loads coming from the beams themselves and the plasma following the design requirements in terms of coolant temperature rise, pressure drop and admissible corrosion rate values, 3) assure the components structural integrity enforcing the ITER Structural Design Code for the In-Vessel Components (SDC-IC).

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