The ITER tokamak requires two injectors of neutral beams resulting from the neutralisation of accelerated negative hydrogen/deuterium ions. To optimise the source operation, a specific test facility (“PRIMA”) was established in Padova, comprising the experiment SPIDER (full-size negative ion source with 40A beam, 100keV particle energy). The design of SPIDER accelerator was based on the most advanced numerical codes available for the investigation of the expected beam properties. Several diagnostic systems will characterise source and beam during the experiments. In view of the operation, this paper describes the preparation of the experiments by means of numerical simulations of the accelerator. The simulations provide also estimates of the current and power deposited onto the accelerator grids and will be the basis for further work aimed at computing the expected measurements by the various beam diagnostics.

Numerical investigation of the early operational phase of the negative ion test facility SPIDER: Beam features

G. Serianni;P. Agostinetti;V. Antoni;C. Baltador;M. Barbisan;M. Brombin;G. Chitarin;M. Dalla Palma;F. Fellin;N. Marconato;E. Sartori;P. Veltri;B. Zaniol;
2018

Abstract

The ITER tokamak requires two injectors of neutral beams resulting from the neutralisation of accelerated negative hydrogen/deuterium ions. To optimise the source operation, a specific test facility (“PRIMA”) was established in Padova, comprising the experiment SPIDER (full-size negative ion source with 40A beam, 100keV particle energy). The design of SPIDER accelerator was based on the most advanced numerical codes available for the investigation of the expected beam properties. Several diagnostic systems will characterise source and beam during the experiments. In view of the operation, this paper describes the preparation of the experiments by means of numerical simulations of the accelerator. The simulations provide also estimates of the current and power deposited onto the accelerator grids and will be the basis for further work aimed at computing the expected measurements by the various beam diagnostics.
2018
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Ion Sources
978-0-7354-1727-4
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