SPECIAL ISSUE ON SELECTED PAPERS FROM SOFE 2017
Guest Editorial
Special Issue on Selected Papers from SOFE 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Surrey
SPECIAL ISSUE PAPERS
Experimental Devices
First Results of ELM Triggering With a Multichamber Lithium Granule Injector Into EAST Discharges. . . . . . . . . . Z. Sun, R. Lunsford, R. Maingi,
J. S. Hu, D. K. Mansfield, A. Diallo, K. Tritz, J. Canik, Z. Wang, D. Andruczyk, Y. M. Wang, G. Z. Zuo, M. Huang, W. Xu, and X. C. Meng
Active Recycling Control Through Lithium Injection in EAST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. M. Canik, Z. Sun, J. S. Hu, G. Z. Zuo,
W. Xu, M. Huang, L. Wang, J. Xu, T. Zhang, R. Maingi, R. Lunsford, A. Diallo, D. Mansfield, T. Osborne, K. Tritz, and EAST Team
Mechanical Monitoring Issues in Preparation to Next Step of Wendelstein 7-X Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Bykov, A. Carls, J. Zhu, P. van Eeten, L. Wegener, H.-S. Bosch, and W7-X Team
Diversification of the Position Sensing Instrumentation for the JET Neutral Beam Calorimeters. . . . . . . . P. Blatchford, J. Hawes, and S. Warder
Smoothly Varying Injected Neutral Beam Voltage and Current Provides New Capability on the DIII-D Tokamak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. T. Scoville, B. J. Crowley, D. C. Pace, and J. M. Rauch
Technical Issues With Steady-State Operation in KSTAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.-G. Kwak and S. J. Wang
Web Services for 3D MHD Equilibrium Data at Wendelstein 7-X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . M. Grahl, J. Svensson, A. Werner, T. Andreeva, S. Bozhenkov, M. Drevlak, J. Geiger, M. Krychowiak, Y. Turkin, and W7-X Team
A Quasi-Periodic Linear Feeder for the Impurity Granular Injection on DIII-D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A. Nagy, A. Bortolon, W. Brown, P. Fisher, R. Lunsford, R. Maingi, D. Mansfield, D. Mauzey, R. Nguyen, and M. Vorenkamp
A New User Front End for EAST Remote Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X. Sun, Z. Ji, F. Wang, and Y. Wang
Engineering Challenges in W7-X: Lessons Learned and Status for the Second Operation Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.-S. Bosch, T. Andreeva, R. Brakel, T. Bräuer, D. Hartmann, A. Holtz, T. Klinger,
H. Laqua, M. Nagel, D. Naujoks, K. Risse, A. Spring, T. S. Pedersen, T. Rummel, P. van Eeten, A. Werner, R. Wolf, and W7-X Team
Fusion R&D Facilities, Demonstrator and Fusion Power Plant Designs
Prospect Toward Steady-State Helical Fusion Reactor Based on Progress of LHD Project Entering the Deuterium Experiment Phase . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Takeiri
Development of a Utility Negative Ion Test Equipment With RF Source at ASIPP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Wei, C. Hu, Y. Xie, C. Jiang, L. Liang, Y. Wang, Y. Gu, J. Yan, Y. Xu, Y. Xie, and NBI Team
Tokamak Design and Maintenance Scheme Tradeoff Application on CFETR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E. Villedieu, Y. T. Song, Y. Cheng, J. Zhan, and C. Dechelle
Transient Stability Analysis of a Flexible Generator Used in Fusion Power Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Li, P. Fu, Z.-Q. Song, G. Li, and M. U. Hassan
Prospects for Stellarators Based on Additive Manufacturing: Coil Frame Accuracy and Vacuum Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Queral, S. Cabrera, E. Rincón, and V. Mirones
Analysis of Dogleg Duct Experiments With 14-MeV Neutron Source Using TRIPOLI-4 Monte Carlo Transport Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Lei, Y. Peneliau, Y.-K. Lee, and Y. Song
Real-Time 2-D Optical Polarization Properties of the Fusion Reactor First Mirror Based on Active Polarized Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Qi, W. Wang, B. Pan, H. Zhang, J. Yang, H. Deng, B. Shi, and H. Shan
Laser Boron Fusion Reactor With Picosecond Petawatt Block Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Hora, S. Eliezer, J. Wang, G. Korn, N. Nissim, Y.-X. Xu, P. Lalousis, G. J. Kirchhoff, and G. H. Miley
Comparison of Deformation Models of Flexible Manipulator Joints for Use in DEMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Li, H. Wu, H. Handroos, R. Skilton, J. Keep, and A. Loving
Plasma Control Requirements for Commercial Fusion Power Plants: A Quantitative Scenario Analysis With a Dynamic Fusion
Power Plant Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Takeda, S. Sakurai, R. Kasada, and S. Konishi
Integrating Materials Engineering and Design for Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Gorley, M. Fursdon, and M. Kalsey
MAST Upgrade Divertor Facility: A Test Bed for Novel Divertor Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Morris, J. R. Harrison, A. Kirk, B. Lipschultz, F. Militello, D. Moulton, N. R. Walkden, and MAST-Upgrade Team
Diagnostics, Data Acquisition, Control & Machine Protection
Rectangular Magnetic Sensor Array for Current Measurement by the Quadrature Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q. Guo, P. Fu, G. Gao, L. Jiang, L. S. Wang, and Y. R. Bai
Design and Implementation of HL-2A Host Centralized Control System FSM Model Based on EPICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Xu, F. Dong, P. Tian, F. Tang, and Q. Yang
Prototype Design of a 700 °C In-Vacuum Blackbody Source for it In Situ Calibration of the ITER ECE Diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Ouroua, J. Beno, A. Bryant, A. Khodak, P. Phillips, W. Rowan, G. Taylor, and D. Weeks
Nuclear and Thermal Analysis of a Reflectometry Diagnostics Concept for DEMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R. Luís, R. Moutinho, L. Prior, P. B. Quental, A. Lopes, H. Policarpo, N. Velez, A. Vale, A. Silva, and A. Malaquias
Design and Analysis Progress of ITER Diagnostic Equatorial Port #09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Zhai, A. Basile, R. Feder, W. Wang,
J. Chen, A. Khodak, J. P. Klabacha, D. Johnson, M. Hause, M. Messineo, H. Zhang, J. R. Gonzalez-Teodoro, J. Guirao, and S. Iglesias
EM Analysis of ITER Diagnostics Upper Port Plugs 14 and 11 During Plasma Disruptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Y. Zhai, J. Chen, and R. Feder
The In-Vessel Protection Components for ITER First Plasma Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Hunt, R. Mitteau, M. Lehnen, and R. Raffray
Recent Improvement of the Design of the ITER Steady-State Magnetic Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Entler, M. Kocan, I. Duran, G. Vayakis, F. Lucca, F. Vigano, and R. Cantu
Docker-Based Automatic Deployment for Nuclear Fusion Experimental Data Archive Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q. Liu, W. Zheng, M. Zhang, Y. Wang, and K. Yu
Study of a Plasma Boundary Reconstruction Method Based on Reflectometric Measurements for Control Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Marchiori, G. De Masi, R. Cavazzana, A. Cenedese, N. Marconato, R. Moutinho, A. Silva, and EUROfusion-IM Team
High-Priority Prototype Testing in Support of System-Level Design Development of the ITER Radial Neutron Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. Riva, B. Esposito, D. Marocco, M. Cecconello, J. Kotula,
F. Moro, F. Belli, D. Bocian, P. Carvalho, C. Centioli, T. Cieslik, S. Conroy, N. Cruz, M. Curylo, A. Fernandes, L. Di Pace, A. Hjalmarsson,
R. Kantor, A. Lampasi, G. Mazzone, F. Pompili, R. C. Pereira, S. Podda, F. Pollastrone, B. Santos, A. Zimbal, and B. Brichard
Advances in Low-Temperature Tungsten Spectroscopy Capability to Quantify DIII-D Divertor Erosion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Abrams, D. M. Thomas, E. A. Unterberg, and A. R. Briesemeister
Design of a High Resolution Probe Head for Electromagnetic Turbulence Investigations in W7-X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Agostinetti,
M. Spolaore, M. Brombin, V. Cervaro, L. Franchin, O. Grulke, C. Killer, E. Martines, M. Moresco, S. Peruzzo, N. Vianello, and M. Visentin
High-Speed Visible Image Acquisition and Processing System for Plasma Shape and Position Control of EAST Tokamak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Zhang, B. Xiao, Z. Luo, Q. Hang, and J. Yang
Design a Suitable Test Scheme for Triggering Bypass Protection Test of ITER PF Converter Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X. Zhang, G. Gao, P. Fu, Z. Song, and B. Wang
Estimation of X-Mode Reflectometry First Fringe Frequency Using Neural Networks . . . . . D. E. Aguiam, A. Silva, L. Guimarãis, P. J. Carvalho,
G. D. Conway, B. Goncalves, L. Meneses, J.-M. Noterdaeme, J. M. Santos, A. A. Tuccillo, O. Tudisco, and ASDEX Upgrade Team
Upgrade Design of Lower Divertor Langmuir Probe Diagnostic System in the EAST Tokamak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. C. Xu,
L. Wang, G. S. Xu, W. Feng, H. Liu, J. B. Liu, W. Zhang, T. F. Ming, C.-S. Yip, G. Z. Deng, S. Y. Dai, D. M. Yao, G. N. Luo, and H. Y. Guo
A Rogowski Digital Integrator With Comb Filter Signal Processing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z. Zhang, P. Fu, G. Gao, L. Jiang, and Linsen Wang
Signal Transmission Links for the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating System on J-TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F. Cui, D. Xia, C. Liu, Z. Yu, Y. Jin, H. Ma, and Z. Wang
Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Applied to Study RMP Effects on Core Impurity Concentration in EAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Vogel,
H. Zhang, Y. Shen, Y. Sun, Q. Zang, S. Gu, N. Chu, J. Fu, J. Chen, R. Hu, X. Du, Q. Wang, Y. Yu, S. Mao, B. Lyu, M. Ye, and B. Wan
New Control Abilities on EAST PCS for Steady-State Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q. P. Yuan, B. J. Xiao, K. Wu, R. D. Johnson, Y. Huang, Y. Guo, and R. R. Zhang
Progress of Concept Design for CFETR Diagnostic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Y. Yang, G. Li, Y. Wang,
T. Ming, X. Han, S. Liu, E. Wang, W. Yang, H. Liu, Z. Zou, W. Li, H. Qu, Y. Liu, G. Li, Q. Hu, X. Gao, J. Li, Y. Wan, and CFETR Team
A Rapid Nondestructive Inspection Method Applied to EAST Lower Divertor by Infrared Thermography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Y. Liu, T. Xu, L. Han, L. Li, and D. Yao
Heat Flux, First Wall and Divertors
Preliminary Experimental Study on Hypervapotron Heat Transfer for High Heat Flux Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Chu, H. Jiang, H. Deng, J. Yang, and W. Wang
Simulation Study of Large Power Handling in the Divertor for CFETR Phase II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X. J. Liu, G. Q. Li, D. Zhao, X. Jian, G. Z. Deng, N. Shi, D. F. Kong, V. Chan, and X. Gao
The Influence of Divertor Plasma Parameter on Tungsten Screening in High Recycling Regime for CFETR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Xu, Y. Zhou, S. Mao, D. Kong, L. Li, V. Chan, and M. Ye
Modeling and Preparation for Experimental Testing of Heat Fluxes on W7-X Divertor Scraper Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. D. Lore, M. Cianciosa, H. Frerichs, J. Geiger, H. Hoelbe, J. Boscary, and W7-X Team
Simulation of Heat Flux to the DEMO First Wall Due to Filamentary Transport in the Far SOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Pestchanyi
Design and Test of Wendelstein 7-X Water-Cooled Divertor Scraper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Boscary, H. Greuner,
G. Ehrke, B. Böswirth, Z. Wang, E. Clark, A. Lumsdaine, J. Tretter, P. Junghanns, R. Stadler, D. McGinnis, J. Lore, and W7-X Team
The Reliability Design of CFETR Divertor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. Cao, Z. Zhou, P. Zi, and D. Yao
RAMI Analysis for PFCs of EAST Divertor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Zhang, S. Qin, L. Cao, D. Yao, and J. Li
Geometry and Physics Design of Lower Divertor Upgrade in EAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Xu, D. Yao, Z. Zhou, L. Cao, L. Li, L. Han, G. Xu, L. Wang, H. Si, Y. Chen, X. Liu, Z. Yang, C. Sang, and H. Du
Tritium Breeding, Fueling and Systems
Current Status and Progress on the Shielding Blanket of CFETR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Liu, H. Yang, J. Zhang, J. Zhang, L. Li, Y. Qiu, D. Yao, and X. Gao
Steady State and Transient Thermal Analysis of the Updated Helium-Cooled Solid Breeder Blanket for CFETR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Zhou, S. Wang, C. Jin, H. Chen, and M. Ye
Core Fueling of DEMO by Direct Line Injection of High-Speed Pellets From the HFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Frattolillo, L. R. Baylor, F. Bombarda, S. K. Combs, C. Day, P. T. Lang, S. Migliori, B. Pégourié, and B. Ploeckl
Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the EU DEMO Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed Breeding Blanket Using the GETTHEM Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Froio, F. Cismondi, L. Savoldi, and R. Zanino
Recent Progress in the WCLL Breeding Blanket Design for the DEMO Fusion Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Tassone, A. Del Nevo, P. Arena, G. Bongiovì, G. Caruso, P. A. di Maio,
G. di Gironimo, M. Eboli, N. Forgione, R. Forte, F. Giannetti, G. Mariano, E. Martelli, F. Moro, R. Mozzillo, A. Tarallo, and R. Villari
The Numerical Simulation for the Heat Transfer Enhancement Experiments of the HCCB-TBM First Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Cheng, W. Wang, H. Deng, B. Shi, J. Han, J. Yang, and H. Wang
A New Concept for a Higher Burn-Up Fraction Improvement in DEMO Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Igitkhanov, C. Day, and S. Varoutis
Neutronics Analysis of Helium Cooled Ceramic Breeder Blanket with S-shaped Lithium Zone and Cooling Plate for CFETR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Lu, K. Xu, M. Ye, M. Lei, Shifeng Mao, and X. Liu
Magnets
Qualification of the U.S. Conductors for ITER TF Magnet System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. N. Martovetsky, W. T. Reiersen, G. R. Murdoch, P. Bruzzone, and B. Stepanov
Test Results About Simple CDA + MIK Quench Detection Method on EAST for ITER Superconducting CS Coils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Hu, Y. Xiao, B. J. Xiao, Biao Shen, T. Wang, and Quench Group
Type Tests of JT-60SA Central Solenoid/Equilibrium Field Superconducting Magnet Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . P. Zito, A. Lampasi, L. Novello, M. Matsukawa, K. Shimada, S. Hatakeyama, M. Portesine, A. Dorronsoro, D. Vian, and K. Celaya
Experimental Investigation on the Second Commutation Process of a Quench Protection Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z. Shi, S. Li, Z. Gao, Q. Wang, Y. Hou, S. Jia, and L. Wang
ITER PF6 Dummy Double Pancake Winding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Wen, S. Du, P. Readman, W. Wu, G. Shen, and J. Chen
Conceptual Design of CFETR CS Model Coil Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Yin, Y. Wu, H. Han, A. Xu, Q. Hao, and X. Liu
Structural Stress Analysis of the CFETR Central Solenoid Model Coil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. Xu, Y. Wu, D. Yin, J. Jin, and J. Qin
Challenges for the Wendelstein 7-X Magnet Systems During the Next Operation Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Rummel, K. Risse, M. Nagel, Thomas Mönnich, F. Füllenbach, H.-S. Bosch, and W7-X Team
Winding Design for CFETR Central Solenoid Model Coil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Han, Y. Wu, D. Yin, J. Qin, Yi Shi, and Z. Kuang
NSTX-U In-Vessel Control Coils’ Design Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. D. Atnafu, A. Brooks, D. Cai, J. Dellas, S. Gerhardt, J. Menard, M. Ono, G. Labik, P. Titus, and J. R. González-Teodoro
Materials, Plasma Interactions & MHD
Transverse Velocity Effect on Hunt’s Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Wang, J. Mao, K. Liu, S. Wang, and L. Yu
Establishing Full Covering Liquid Metal Film Flows Under Poor Wetting Conditions for Liquid Divertors of Fusion Reactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X. Zhang and C. Pan
The Experimental Investigation of Wetting Property for Liquid Lead Bismuth Alloy With ADS Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Lu, W. Wang, D. Cheng, G. Zuo, H. Jiang, B. Pan, D. Chu, W. Xu, and J. Hu
Performance of Full Compositional W/Cu Functionally Gradient Materials Under Quasi-Steady-State Heat Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B. Wang, D. Zhu, C. Li, and J. Chen
Progress in the Development of CFC/CuCrZr Components for HL-2M Divertor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Lian, J. Wang, F. Feng, X. Liu, Guoyao Zheng, and L. Cai
Development, Characterization, and Testing of a SiC-Based Material for Flow Channel Inserts in High-Temperature DCLL Blankets . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Soto, C. García-Rosales, J. Echeberria, E. Platacis, A. Shisko, F. Muktepavela, T. Hernández, and M. M. Huertac
Hydrogen Isotopes Plasma-Driven Permeation Through Sputter-Deposited Tungsten-Coated F82H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Xu, Y. Hirooka, N. Ashikawa, and T. Nagasaka
Plant Components, Vacuum & Heating and Current Drive
Thermal and Mechanical Analysis of the Wendelstein7-X Cryo-Vacuum Pump Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z. Wang, G. Ehrke, B. Mendelevitch, J. Boscary, R. Stadler, and W7-X Team
Numerical–Experimental Benchmarking of a Probabilistic Code for Prediction of Voltage Holding in High Vacuum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. Pilan,
A. Kojima, R. Nishikiori, M. Ichikawa, J. Hiratsuka, R. Specogna, A. De Lorenzi, M. Bernardi, L. Lotto, P. Bettini, and M. Kashiwagi
Pumping Performance Evaluation of HL-2M In-Vessel Cryopump With Monte Carlo Method . . . . . . . . . Y. Li, Z. Zhang, Y. Qiu, F. Zha, and Q. Li
Refined Multiphysics Analysis of W7-X Cryopumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Zhu, V. Bykov, M. Nagel, G. Ehrke, J. Fellinger, L. Wegener, H.-S. Bosch, and W7-X Team
Reverse Engineering of CFETR Vacuum Vessel Mockup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Ji, Y. Gu, J. Wu, Z. Liu, Xiaosong Fan, J. Ma, and X. Xia
Study on the Welding Process of the Vacuum Vessel Mock-Up for CFETR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z. Liu, J. Wu, J. Ma, X. Fan, and L. Xiu
Preliminary Design for Diagnostic Port Integration at ITER Upper Port #18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Pak, Y. H. An, C. S. Seon, J. H. Choi, M. S. Cheon, H. G. Lee, V. Udintsev, and T. Giacomin
The Forming Die Design and Experimental Research of CFETR Vacuum Vessel Shells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Yuncong, R. Hong, and H. Jilai
Numerical Analysis of Fracture Behavior of HL-2M Vacuum Vessel Subjected to Electromagnetic Force During Plasma Disruption . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Pei, Y. Wang, K. Wang, and Z. Chen
Polarizer Designed for the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating System on J-TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. H. Liu, D. H. Xia, Z. J. Wang, F. T. Cui, Q. Yu, and J-TEXT team
Review of the Innovative H&CD Designs and the Impact of Their Configurations on the Performance of the EU DEMO Fusion
Power Plant Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Franke,
P. Agostinetti, G. Aiello, K. Avramidis, Ch. Bachmann, A. Bruschi, G. Federici, S. Garavaglia, G. Granucci, G. Grossetti, J. Jelonnek,
J.-M. Noterdaeme, A. Simonin, T. Scherer, P. Sonato, D. Strauss, M. Q. Tran, A. Valentine, P. Vincenzi, R. Wenninger, and S. Zheng
Design and Analysis Progress of US ITER Diagnostic Upper Port #14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Zhai, A. Jariwala, W. Wang, R. Feder, B. Linn, J. Chen, N. Dean, M. Smith, H. Zhang, J. Guirao, and S. Iglesias
Optics and Thermomechanical Analysis of the Accelerator for the DEMO Neutral Beam Injector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Agostinetti and P. Sonato
Design, Analysis, and Optimization of the Cryopanel Cooling System for CFETR Torus Cryopump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Chen, C. Chen, G. Wang, Q. Wang, and D. Yao
Power Supplies & Power Control
Operation Analysis and Improvement of Impulse Current Test on High-Power DC Test Platform With SVC System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X. Wang, L. Xu, P. Fu, Y. Wu, H. Mao, and J. Li
Design of the Power Supply for Alfvé Eigenmodes Excitation on J-TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Zhou, B. Rao, J. Y. He, Q. M. Hu, and G. Zhuang
Design and Manufacturing of the SiC-Based Power Supply System for Resistive-Wall-Mode Control in JT-60SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . A. Ferro, F. Gasparini, E. Gaio, M. Tomasini, P. Milani, E. Massarelli, L. Novello, M. Matsukawa, S. Hatakeyama, and K. Shimada
A Power Module Designed for Compressed Plasma in EAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Z. Weng, G. Li, and S. Zhang
Exploration of the Voltage Control Mode of Second-Generation EAST Active Feedback Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . H. Huang, N. Bi, and H. Wang
A Maximum Current Control Method for Three-Phase PWM Rectifier for the ITER In-Vessel Vertical Stability Coil Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K. Qian, G. Gao, and Z. Sheng
Implementation of an Excitation Controller for an Impulse Motor-Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Wang, H. Li, M. Bu, W. Li, Y. Wang, and W. Xuan
The Development of Power Supply for Negative Ion Source Extraction Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.-D. Hu, M.-C. Huang, C.-C. Jiang, Y.-H. Xie, J.-L. Wei, L.-Z. Liang, Y.-Z. Zhao, S.-Y. Chen, and Y.-L. Xie
Safety and Environment
Thermal–Hydraulic Analysis for One Water-Cooled Blanket Module of CFETR Based on RELAP5 . . S. Lin, X. Cheng, K. Jiang, X. Ma, and S. Liu
Shutdown Dose Rate Calculation for the Preliminary Concept of K-DEMO Equatorial Port Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Park, S. Kwon, K. Im, B. Kim, and S.-H. Hong
Project Management
Assessing Component Suitability and Optimizing Fusion Plant Design—Alternative Approaches to TRLs . . . . E. Surrey, J. Linton, and M. Sadler
Early Lessons From the Application of Systems Engineering at UKAEA (May 2017) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Wolff, R. Brown, P. Curson, R. Ellis, T. Galliara, and M. Harris
PART II OF TWO PARTS
REGULAR PAPERS
Basic Processes in Fully and Partially Ionized Plasmas
Study on Effect of Neutral Gas Pressure on Plasma Characteristics in Capacitive RF Argon Glow Discharges at Low Pressure by
Fluid Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Samir, Y. Liu, and L. Zhao
Microwave Generation and Microwave-Plasma Interaction
Equivalent Multisector Analytical Method for High-Frequency Characteristics of Integrated Three-Helix TWT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Zhang, Z. Yin, H. Yuan, H. Fan, N. Bai, C. Shen, X. Zhao, J. Feng, F. Liao, and X. Sun
Improved Scattering-Matrix Method and Its Application to Analysis of Electromagnetic Wave Reflected by Reentry Plasma Sheath . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X.-Y. Chen, F.-F. Shen, Y.-M. Liu, W. Ai, and X.-P. Li
Industrial, Commercial, and Biological Applications of Plasmas
Development, Characterizations, and Applications of a Hand Touchable DC Plasma Needle for Biomedical Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B. Bora, A. Aguilera, J. Jain, G. Avaria, J. Moreno, S. B. Gupta, and L. Soto
Physical Alloying of Plasma Metallization Nanocomposite Coating by Allotropic Carbon Nanostructures—Part 1:
Experimental Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. I. Vysikaylo, V. S. Mitin, É. E. Son, and V. V. Belyaev
Physical Alloying of Plasma Metallization Composite Coating by Allotropic Carbon Nanostructures—Part 2: Analytical Research . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. I. Vysikaylo, V. S. Mitin, and V. V. Belyaev
Corona Discharge-Induced Rain and Snow Formation in Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y. Yang, X. Tan, D. Liu, X. Lu, C. Zhao, J. Lu, and Y. Pan
Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of an Indigenously Fabricated Prototype Transferred Arc Plasma Furnace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A. K. Mandal, R. K. Dishwar, and O. P. Sinha
A Novel Combustion Platform for Microwave Plasma-Assisted Combustion Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. A. Fuh and C. Wang
Plasma Diagnostics
Experimental Investigation of Ar Inductively Coupled Plasma in a Closed Low-Pressure Chamber . . . . . . . . Z. Song, H. Xu, X. Wei, and Z. Chen
Pulsed Power Science and Technology
Pulsed Voltage Adder Topology Based on Inductive Blumlein Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L. Yu, Z. Jiu, T. Sugai, A. Tokuchi, and W. Jiang
Arcs & MHD
Ionic Wind Development in Corona Discharge for LED Cooling . . . . . . . . J. Wang, Y.-X. Cai, X.-H. Li, Y.-F. Shi, Y.-C. Bao, J. Wang, and Y.-X. Shi
Space Plasmas
Indium–Tin Oxide–Coated Glass for Passive Ion Collection on Small-Scale Spacecraft . . . . . . . . . . . J. K. McTernan, A. C. Small, and S. G. Bilén
Dusty Plasmas
The Study on Dispersion Characteristic of Dusty Plasma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Y.-Y. Chen, R.-J. Yu, J.-H. Li, Z.-L. Cao, and Y.-Y. Zhang
Electromagnetic Launch Science and Technology
Dynamics Response of Filament-Wound Composite Barrel for Rail Gun With Acceleration Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Yin, H. Xiao, and B. Li
Special Issue on Dusty Plasmas 2017
Resonant Energy Transfer Between Degrees of Freedom in a Dusty Plasma System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V. P. Semyonov and A. V. Timofeev
Special Issue for Selected Papers from EAPPC/BEAMS/MEGAGAUSS 2016
Simulation of Helical Flux Compression Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. V. Anischenko, P. T. Bogdanovich, A. A. Gurinovich, and A. V. Oskin
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for Papers—Special Issue for Selected Papers from EAPPC/BEAMS 2018
Call for Papers—The 15th Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas
Call for Papers—Special Issue on Plasma-Assisted Technologies
Call for Papers—Special Issue for Plenary, Invited and Selected Papers from the 2018 Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma and Terahertz Science
Call for Papers—Special Issue on Spacecraft Charging Technology-2018
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