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Thermo-mechanical design of the SINGAP accelerator grids for ITER NB injectors

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 82; Issue: 5-14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.fusengdes.2007.06.034

1873-7196

P. Agostinetti, S. Dal Bello, M. Dalla Palma, P. Zaccaria,

Superconducting Materials and Applications

The SINGle Aperture–SINgle GAP (SINGAP) accelerator for ITER neutral beam injector foresees four grids for the extraction and acceleration of negative ions, instead of the seven grids of the Multi-Aperture Multi-Grid (MAMuG) reference configuration. The grids have to fulfil specific requirements coming from ion extraction, beam optics and thermo-mechanical issues. This paper focuses on the thermo-hydraulic and thermo-mechanical design of the grids carried out by Consorzio RFX for the design of the first ITER NB injector and the ITER NB Test Facility. The cooling circuit design (position and shape of the channels) and the cooling parameters (water coolant temperatures, pressure and velocity) were optimized with sensitivity analyses in order to satisfy the grid functional requirements (temperatures, stresses, in plane and out of plane deformations). The design required a complete modelling of the grids and their support frames by means of 3D FE and CAD models.