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Publications (3)
physics.plasm-ph2023
Lessons learned after three years of SPIDER operation and the first MITICA integrated tests
D. Marcuzzi, V. Toigo, M. Boldrin +139
ITER envisages the use of two heating neutral beam injectors plus an optional one as part of the auxiliary heating and current drive system. The 16.5 MW expected neutral beam power…
physics.plasm-ph2023
2D electromagnetic simulations of RF heating via inductive coupling in the SPIDER device
D. López-Bruna, P. Jain, M. Recchia +6
SPIDER is the prototype ion source of MITICA, the full-size neutral beam heating system conceived for the ITER tokamak. It includes eight drivers to heat and sustain the inductivel…
physics.plasm-ph2023
Integration studies of RF solid-state generators in the electrical system of NBTF experiments and ITER HNB
R. Casagrande, A. Maistrello, M. Recchia +5
SPIDER operation, started in 2018, pointed out performance-limiting issues caused by the technology employed in RF generators, based on tetrode free-running oscillators. One of the…