Measurement of HL-2A NBI Beam Profile and Beam Power

To optimize the operation parameters of the beam line of NBI on HL-2A, features of the beam line, including the beam profile and the power deposited on components and injected into the tokamak plasma, were measured. The operational parameters of the four sources on the beam line were optimized with the monitor of the beam profile and beam power, and the transmission efficiency of the NBI injected power was therefore increased. A beam diagnostic system for the beam line of the NBI system on HL-2A as well as the diagnosed results was also presented.

Empirical Scaling Laws of Neutral Beam Injection Power in HL-2A Tokamak

We present an experimental method to obtain neutral beam injection （NBI） power scaling laws with operating parameters of the NBI system on HL-2A, including the beam divergence angle, the beam power transmission efficiency, the neutralization efficiency and so on. With the empirical scaling laws, the estimating power can be obtained in every shot of experiment on time, therefore the important parameters such as the energy confinement time can be obtained precisely. The simulation results by the tokamak simulation code （TSC） show that the evolution of the plasma parameters is in good agreement with the experimental results by using the NBI power from the empirical scaling law.

Dynamic analysis of a rotating tapered cantilever Timoshenko beam based on the power series method

The mathematical modeling of a rotating tapered Timoshenko beam with preset and pre-twist angles is constructed. The partial differential equations governing the six degrees, i.e., three displacements in the axial, flapwise, and edgewise directions and three cross-sectional angles of torsion, flapwise bending, and edgewise bending, are obtained by the Euler angle descriptions. The power series method is then used to inves- tigate the natural frequencies and the corresponding complex mode functions. It is found that all the natural frequencies are increased by the centrifugal stiffening except the twist frequency, which is slightly decreased. The tapering ratio increases the first transverse, torsional, and axial frequencies, while decreases the second transverse frequency. Because of the pre-twist, all the directions are gyroscopically coupled with the phase differences among the six degrees.

Preliminary Research Results for the Generation and Diagnostics of High Power Ion Beams on FLASH II Accelerator

The preliminary experimental results of the generation and diagnostics of high power ion beams on FLASH II accelerator are reported. The high-power ion beams presently are being produced in a pinched diode. The method for enhancing the ratio of ion to electron current is to increase the electron residing time by pinching the electron flow. Furthermore, electron beam pinching can be combined with electron reflexing to achieve ion beams with even higher efficiency and intensity. The anode plasma is generated by anode foil bombarded with electron and anode foil surface flashover. In recent experiments on FLASH II accelerator, ion beams have been produced with a current of 160 kA and an.energy of 500 keV corresponding to an ion beam peak power of about 80 GW. The ion number and current of high power ion beams were determined by monitoring delayed radioactivity from nuclear reactions induced in a 12C target by the proton beams. The prompt 7-rays and diode bremsstrahlung X-rays were measured with a PIN semi-conductor detector and a plastic scintillator detector. The current density distribution of ion beam were measured with a biased ion collector array. The ion beams were also recorded with a CR-39 detector.

Power Beam and Modern Manufacturing

The power beam processing,including the processing of laser beam,electron beam,ion beam and plasma beam,is one of the advanced modern manufacturing technology,which is extensively used in many fields in the modern industry.It is playing an important role for modern manufacturing.The weld technique,surface engineering technique and rapid manufacturing technique processed by power beam at BAMTRI are investigated.Some new research progresses are given in this paper.

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.

MECHANICAL VIBRATIONAL POWER FLOW IN BEAM-PLATE ASSEMBLIES

The vibrational power flow in the beam-plate assemblies and then with the isolators is investigated using analytical ' power flow' approach based on the some concepts of mechanical mo- bility and structural dynamics. Theoretical expressions of the power flow in the structures are given and examined. The numerical results of the expressions are good agreements with the measuring re- sults obtained by the technique of vibration intensity. On the basis of these results, possible ways of reducing the vibrational power flow in the structures are suggested .

Discharge Characteristics of Large-Area High-Power RF Ion Source for Positive and Negative Neutral Beam Injectors

A large-area high-power radio-frequency（RF） driven ion source was developed for positive and negative neutral beam injectors at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute（KAERI）. The RF ion source consists of a driver region, including a helical antenna and a discharge chamber, and an expansion region. RF power can be transferred at up to 10 kW with a fixed frequency of 2 MHz through an optimized RF matching system. An actively water-cooled Faraday shield is located inside the driver region of the ion source for the stable and steady-state operations of high-power RF discharge. Plasma ignition of the ion source is initiated by the injection of argongas without a starter-filament heating, and the argon-gas is then slowly exchanged by the injection of hydrogen-gas to produce pure hydrogen plasmas. The uniformities of the plasma parameter,such as a plasma density and an electron temperature, are measured at the lowest area of the driver region using two RF-compensated electrostatic probes along the direction of the shortand long-dimensions of the driver region. The plasma parameters will be compared with those obtained at the lowest area of the expansion bucket to analyze the plasma expansion properties from the driver region to the expansion region.

Long-pulse power-supply system for EAST neutral-beam injectors

The long-pulse power-supply system equipped for the 4 MW beam-power ion source is comprised of three units at ASIPP（Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences）： one for the neutralbeam test stand and two for the EAST neutral-beam injectors（NBI-1 and NBI-2, respectively）. Each power supply system consists of two low voltage and high current DC power supplies for plasma generation of the ion source, and two high voltage and high current DC power supplies for the accelerator grid system. The operation range of the NB power supply is about 80 percent of the design value, which is the safe and stable operation range. At the neutral-beam test stand, a hydrogen ion beam with a beam pulse of 150 s, beam power of 1.5 MW and beam energy of 50 ke V was achieved during the long-pulse testing experiments. The result shows that the power-supply system meets the requirements of the EAST-NBIs fully and lays a basis for achieving plasma heating.

Incoherent and coherent beam combination for master oscillator/power amplifier system with stimulated Brillouin scattering mirror

In this paper, we studied incoherent and coherent beam combining for the master oscillator/power amplifier （MOPA） system with stimulated Brillouin scattering （SBS） mirror. Optic field intensity distributions in the near and far field are numerically calculated for the two kinds of system. The results show that good beam quality in the far field could be obtained. It provides a theoretical basis for experimental research in the future.

Electron Beam Desulfurization Project of Chengdu Cogeneration Power Plant Started Construction - A new cooperation in environment protection between China and Japan

On March 25 1996, the electron beam flue gas desulfurization demonstration project of Chengdu Cogeneration Power Plant started formal construction This is at present the largest electron beam desulfurization project in power plants in the world, and is jointly constructed by Sichuan Electric Power Bureau and the EBARA Works of Japan, This is an important cooperation project in environment protection between

Downlink call admission control with power allocation and rate scheduling for IDMA-based multi-beam satellite systems

Considering the advantage of interleave-division multiple-access(IDMA) technique and the technical bottlenecks in the existing satellite systems,IDMA is introduced into satellite communication networks.To further validate the IDMA into satellite systems,an effective call admission control(CAC) is proposed to maximize the resource utilization.After establishing the multi-beam satellite system model based on variable spreading gain(VSG) IDMA,the power allocation scheme based on SINR evolution technique and transmission rate adaptation for nonreal time interactive traffic are designed as integrated parts of the CAC,working together to improve the system performance in terms of power efficiency and throughput.Further,the analysis and simulation results show that IDMA under the proposed scheme can provide better QoS,in terms of the blocking/dropping probability,outage probability as well as delay performance.

Simulation on control of beam halo-chaos by power function in the hackle periodic-focusing channel

The K-V beam through a hackle periodic-focusing magnetic field is studied using the particle-core model. The beam halo-chaos is found, and a power function controller is proposed based on mechanism of halo formation and strategy of controlling halo-chaos. Multiparticle simulation was performed to control the halo by using the power function control method. The results show that the halo-chaos and its regeneration can be eliminated effectively. We also find that the radial particle density evolvement is of uniformity at the beam’s centre as long as appropriate parameters are chosen.

Proposal of a Deuterium-Deuterium Fusion Reactor Intended for a Large Power Plant

This article looks for the necessary conditions to use Deuterium-Deuterium (D-D) fusion for a large power plant. At the moment, for nearly all the projects (JET, ITER…) only the Deuterium-Tritium (D-T) fuel is considered for a power plant. However, as shown in this article, even if a D-D reactor would be necessarily much bigger than a D-T reactor due to the much weaker fusion reactivity of the D-D fusion compared to the D-T fusion, a D-D reactor size would remain under an acceptable size. Indeed, a D-D power plant would be necessarily large and powerful, i.e. the net electric power would be equal to a minimum of 1.2 GWe and preferably above 10 GWe. A D-D reactor would be less complex than a D-T reactor as it is not necessary to obtain Tritium from the reactor itself. It is proposed the same type of reactor yet proposed by the author in a previous article, i.e. a Stellarator “racetrack” magnetic loop. The working of this reactor is continuous. It is reminded that the Deuterium is relatively abundant on the sea water, and so it constitutes an almost inexhaustible source of energy. Thanks to secondary fusions (D-T and D-He3) which both occur at an appreciable level above 100 keV, plasma can stabilize around such high equilibrium energy (i.e. between 100 and 150 keV). The mechanical gain (Q) of such reactor increases with the internal pipe radius, up to 4.5 m. A radius of 4.5 m permits a mechanical gain (Q) of about 17 which thanks to a modern thermo-dynamical conversion would lead to convert about 21% of the thermal power issued from the D-D reactor in a net electric power of 20 GWe. The goal of the article is to create a physical model of the D-D reactor so as to estimate this one without the need of a simulator and finally to estimate the dimensions, power and yield of such D-D reactor for different net electrical powers. The difficulties of the modeling of such reactor are listed in this article and would certainly be applicable to a future D-He3 reactor, if any.

基于DIABEAM法的电子束能量密度测试分析

为了充分发挥电子束焊接技术在航空航天领域的作用,对反映束流品质的关键因素—电子束能量密度开展了研究;基于法拉第传感原理,通过DIABEAM测试法对真空电子束焊机电子束能量密度分布进行测试分析;结果表明:电子束能量密度分布呈非对称的近高斯分布,随着聚焦电流的增加,电子束能量密度趋于发散分布,达到焦点状态时dP90区域内电子束能量密度均值最高;电子束能量密度峰值随着灯丝加热电流增加而增加,但受灯丝尺寸等因素的影响,灯丝加热电流达到稳定值后能量密度分布不变。

基于掺镱棒状光纤的高功率大能量四路相干合成飞秒激光系统

高平均功率(>500 W)、大脉冲能量(>1 mJ)飞秒光纤激光对包括阿秒光学在内的众多科研领域极为重要.受限于增益光纤较小的模场面积,多种非线性效应将从单根增益光纤放大产生的飞秒脉冲的能量限制在百微焦量级.平均功率和脉冲能量的进一步提升需要使用相干合成技术,将多路光纤的输出合成为一束.本文搭建了一套基于填充孔径相干合成的高功率大能量超快光纤激光系统,采用商用掺镱棒状光纤并利用随机并行梯度下降法实现四路放大器之间的相位锁定.在重复频率为1 MHz时,该相干合成系统输出平均功率为753 W,经过光栅对压缩后的平均功率为672 W,脉冲宽度为242 fs,对应的脉冲能量为0.67 mJ,系统具备良好的稳定性.降低重复频率至500 kHz,该系统输出压缩后的脉冲平均功率为534 W,脉冲宽度为247 fs,对应脉冲能量可达1.07 mJ.脉冲的平均功率和能量均可通过增加合成路数进一步提升,通过添加已着手研发的延迟和指向锁定系统,有望通过八路相干合成实现平均功率超过1 kW、脉冲能量超过2 mJ的飞秒脉冲输出.

Technical Design of Arc-Discharge and Deceleration Power Supply for MW Level NBI System on HL-2A Tokamak

Neutral beam injection （NBI） is one of the most effective ways to heat and drive plasma in a tokamak. The mega watt level neutral beam injector on the HL-2A tokamak consists of four high-power ion sources. Each source is supplied by discharge, beam extraction and auxiliary power supplies. Some circuit topologies and control sequences designed for the system are presented in this paper. Some important technologies such as the notching circuit, insulated gate bipolar transistor （IGBT） series-connected switch, high-frequency switching power supply and control system based on a digital signal processor （DSP） have been used. The system can be effectively used for high current ion beam extraction, protection, ion optics and so on. The power system has been safely used in HL-2A high-parameter NBI experiments for three years. The power of NBI can be kept at higher than 0.75 MW for 1 second and the ion beam power extracted from the ion source is higher than 2 MW. The ion temperature of the plasma center is close to 2.0 keV. These results show that the design of this power system is reasonable and reliable, and it can fully meet the system requirements for NBI of the HL-2A tokamak.

基于周期性穿孔悬臂梁的压电俘能器数值仿真研究

针对海洋监测等小型传感器无法长期稳定供电问题,压电俘能器提供了一种新的解决方案。本文提出了一种基于周期性穿孔梁的压电俘能器,它可以有效地将清洁能源(如波浪能)中的振动能转化为电能。本文首先建立了压电能量俘获结构的机电频响函数模型;然后在理论分析基础上,对与穿孔基底层相关的参数进行了敏感度分析;最后采用有限元方法进行了数值仿真研究。研究结果表明,基底层的厚度和填充率同峰值电压的相关度最为显著,而穿孔数与峰值电压的相关度最不显著。基底层厚度减小、填充率减小和穿孔数增多都有助于降低谐振频率,并提高峰值电压输出。仿真结果表明,与传统无孔结构相比,穿孔结构的谐振频率最大降低了22.63%,而峰值电压最大提高了61.54%。

Coherent and tunable radiation with power enhancement from surface plasmon polaritons

Surface plasmon polaritons excited by an electron beam can be transformed into coherent and tunable light radiation waves with power enhancement in the simple structure of a metal film with a dielectric medium loading. In this paper, the process of the radiation transformation of this radiation, and the dependencies of the radiation characteristics on the parameters of the structure and the electron beam are studied in detail. The radiation power enhancement is greatly influenced by the beam energy and the film thickness in the infrared to ultraviolet frequency region. Up to 122 times radiation power enhancement and 6.5% radiation frequency tuning band can be obtained by optimizing the beam energy and the parameters of the film.

INVESTIGATION OF LASER BEAM WELDING PROCESS OF AZ61 MAGNESIUM-BASED ALLOY

Laser welling process of AZ61 magnesium alloys is investigated using a special CO2 laser experimental system. The effect of processing parameters including laser power, welling speed, and protection gas flow at the top and bottom is researched. The results show that an ideal well bead can be formed by choosing the processing parameters properly. An optimized parameter range is obtained by a large number of experiments. Among them, laser power and welling speed are the two main parameters that determine the well width and dimensions. The protect gas flow rate has a slight effect on the well width, but it directly effects the surface color of the well. The test results for typical welds indicate that the microhardness and tensile strength of the well zone are better than that of the base metal A fine-grained well region has been observed and no obvious heat-affected zone is found. The well zone mainly consists of small α-Mg phase, （α ＋ Al12Mg17）, and other eutectic phases. The small grains and the eutectic phases in the joint are believed to play an important role in the increase of the strength of wells for AZ61 magnesium alloys.