Studies on the radio frequency power supply system for the ITER NB injector ion source

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 5-14, 2007, Pages 912-919

  Gaio, E ^a   Kraus, W ^b   Martens, C ^b   Piovan, R ^a   Speth, E ^b   Toigo, V ^a  

^a ASSOCIAZIONE EURATOM ENEA SULLA FUSIONE   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

ITER neutral beam injector; Radio frequency ion source; RF power supply

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

NETWORK OPTIMIZATIONS; NEUTRAL BEAM INJECTORS; RADIO FREQUENCY ION SOURCE;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34948849137     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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