Validation of a plasma contour identification code

Author

Bellina, F. ; Chitarin, G. ; Trevisan, F.

Author_Institution

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Padova Univ., Italy

Volume

31

Issue

3

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2146

Lastpage

2149

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the validation of the plasma contour identification code PLACID. This code has been developed to reconstruct the poloidal magnetic field configuration produced during the plasma pulses of the RFX machine. PLACID input data are the signals of electromagnetic probes measured during the machine pulses. A set of validation tests has been performed in order to check the accuracy of the procedure implemented in PLACID and its sensitivity to noise in data. Input data for PLACID code have been generated by means of a virtual machine which simulates the actual machine. The virtual magnetic field configurations have been compared with the corresponding reconstructed configurations

Keywords

electromagnetic induction; physics computing; plasma; plasma probes; plasma simulation; reversed field pinch; PLACID; RFX machine; plasma contour identification code; plasma pulses; poloidal magnetic field configuration; reconstructed configurations; reconstruction; sensitivity; validation; virtual machine; virtual magnetic field configurations; EMP radiation effects; Electromagnetic measurements; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic noise; Performance evaluation; Plasma measurements; Probes; Pulse measurements; Testing; Virtual machining;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.376471

Filename

376471