Development of calorimetry methodology for beam current measurement of the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator (LIPAc)

• Published in: Fusion engineering and design Vol. 126; pp. 1 - 4
• Main Authors: Nishiyama, K., Knaster, J., Okumura, Y., Marqueta, A., Pruneri, G., Scantamburlo, F., Sakamoto, K., Sugimoto, M., Kasugai, A., Hirata, Y., Kondo, K., Ikeda, Y., Maebara, Sunao, Ichimiya, R., Shinya, T., Ihara, A., Kitano, T., Beauvais, Pierre-Yves, Gobin, R., Bolzon, B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.01.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Accelerator; Beam current; Calorimetric; Continuous radiation; Cooling; Cooling rate; Correlation analysis; Deuterons; Error analysis; EVEDA; Flow velocity; Heat measurement; IFMIF; Ion beams; LIPAc; Measurement; Proton beams; Protons; Prototypes; Temperature; Variations; Water temperature; Calorimetric; IFMIF; LIPAc; EVEDA; Beam current; Accelerator

•Optimization of the beam current measurement of the injector of the LIPAc.•To check the accuracy of the measurement, an electric heater was inserted in the cooling loop and the correlation between applied and measured power was obtained.•Using the same heater, optimal flow rates of the cooling wate...