Physics and engineering design of 400 keV H- accelerator for negative ion based neutral beam injection system in
Jianglong Wei1, Chundong Hu1, Yahong Xie1
1Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
A research project of the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) Negative ion-based Neutral Beam Injection (NNBI) prototype has been started in China. The objectives of the CFETR NNBI prototype are to produce a negative hydrogen ion beam of >20 A up to 400 keV for 3600 s and to attain a neutralization efficiency of >50%. In order to identify and optimize the design of the negative ion accelerator, a self-consistent model has been developed to consider all key physics and engineering issues (electric and magnetic fields, background gas flow, beam optics, beam-gas interaction, secondary particle trajectories, power deposition on grids, heat removal design, and mounting pattern). This paper presents the primary results by applying the self-consistent model to the current design of the 400 keV H- accelerator of the CFETR NNBI prototype.
