Title :
Taming the world´s greatest tokamak: Diverse electrotechnical disciplines are used to probe, test, measure, and analyze a premier fusion reactor
Author_Institution :
IEEE Spectrum, New York, NY, USA
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;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1984.6370465
