• DocumentCode
    1365723
  • Title

    Taming the world´s greatest tokamak: Diverse electrotechnical disciplines are used to probe, test, measure, and analyze a premier fusion reactor

  • Author

    Kaplan, G.

  • Author_Institution
    IEEE Spectrum, New York, NY, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    64
  • Lastpage
    69
  • Abstract
    A description is given of the techniques used to probe, test, measure, and analyze Princeton´s tokamak fusion test reactor (TFTR). The discussion focuses on the power system, the tetrode developed for regulating and switching DC power, plasma diagnostics, and data processing.
  • Keywords
    Tokamak devices; fusion reactors; plasma diagnostics; tetrodes; Princeton´s tokamak fusion test reactor; data processing; measure; plasma diagnostics; power system; probe; switching DC power; test; tetrode; Coils; Computers; Heating; Monitoring; Power systems; Tokamaks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1984.6370465
  • Filename
    6370465
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1365723