• DocumentCode
    1820093
  • Title

    An alternative method for the monitoring of strain and temperature in a nuclear fusion reactor

  • Author

    Crolla, Paul ; Niewczas, Pawel ; Mcdonald, James R

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    1-4 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an optical fiber sensor solution for the measurement of strain and temperature within a nuclear fusion reactor. A summary of the method of sensor construction and sensor interrogation is presented.
  • Keywords
    fibre optic sensors; fusion reactors; strain measurement; strain sensors; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; ITER; alternative method; nuclear fusion reactor; optical fiber sensor solution; sensor construction; sensor interrogation; strain measurement; strain monitoring; temperature measurement; temperature monitoring; Capacitive sensors; Fiber gratings; Fusion reactors; Inductors; Monitoring; Optical fiber sensors; Plasma temperature; Strain measurement; Temperature sensors; Toroidal magnetic fields; finite element method; gratings; heating; optical fiber transducers; optical filters; peak detectors; strain measurement; temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2009 Proceedings of the 44th International
  • Conference_Location
    Glasgow
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6823-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5429456