Plasma vertical stability and feedback control for TPX

Author

Kessel, C.E. ; Jardin, S.C. ; Neilson, G.H.

Author_Institution

Plasma Phys. Lab., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

11-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

638

Abstract

The n=0 axisymmetric vertical stability and vertical position control have been examined for the Tokamak Physics Experiment. The passive stabilization is accomplished by using stabilizer plates close to the plasma. The present configuration is found to provide robust stability over a wide range of plasma parameters. The active feedback control of the plasma vertical position is done using coils located inside the vacuum vessel. These are required to control random disturbances leading to ⩽1.0 cm RMS displacements from the midplane, and acceptable coil currents and voltages are found

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactors; plasma instability; TPX; Tokamak Physics Experiment; active feedback control; coil currents; coil voltages; feedback control; n=0 axisymmetric vertical stability; passive stabilization; plasma parameters; plasma vertical position; plasma vertical stability; random disturbances; stabilizer plates; vacuum vessel; vertical position control; Coils; Current distribution; Eddy currents; Feedback control; Physics; Plasma devices; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Plasma simulation; Plasma stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hyannis, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1412-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1993.518411

Filename

518411