PPPS 2019

Session

Plenary Mon PM - Manfred Thumm (2018 NPSS Merit Award)

24 Jun 2019, 14:30

DoubleTree at the Entrance to Universal Orlando

Conveners

Plenary Mon PM - Manfred Thumm (2018 NPSS Merit Award)

• Edl Schamiloglu (University of New Mexico)

1028. The Wendelstein 7-X Stellarator: Plasma Generation, Heating and Current-Drive with the Worldwide Largest Electron Cyclotron Heating Facility

Prof. Manfred Thumm (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IHM)

24/06/2019, 14:30

Plenary Talk

Oral

The stellarator Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is equipped with a steady-state capable 10 MW ECH system, operating at 140 GHz, which corresponds to the 2nd cyclotron harmonic of electrons in the magnetic field of 2.5 T. Ten megawatt-class gyrotrons, two 5 MW quasi-optical transmission lines (94 % transmission efficiency) as well as 4 directly steerable and 2 novel remotely steerable launchers inside...