Real-time plasma control at JET using an ATM network

Author

Felton, R. ; Blackler, K. ; Dorling, S. ; Goodyear, A. ; Hemming, O. ; Knight, P. ; Lennholm, M. ; Milani, F. ; Sartori, F. ; Young, I.

Author_Institution

Culham Sci. Centre, JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

175

Lastpage

181

Abstract

at JET, the Plasma Shape Control System (PPCC-SC) drives fast power amplifiers connected to the poloidal field coils. It determines the plasma boundary using the XLOC algorithm and data from the Magnetics Measurement System, KCID. The additional heating systems, NE (neutral beam), ICRH (ion cyclotron resonance heating), and LHCD (lower hybrid current drive) can be controlled by real-time algorithms on the RTSS (real-time signal server). The Wall Load Limit System limits the power applied to the vessel

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; fusion reactor design; nuclear engineering computing; plasma beam injection heating; plasma hybrid waves; plasma radiofrequency heating; plasma toroidal confinement; power amplifiers; power system control; real-time systems; shape control; ATM network; ICRH; JET; Joint European Torus; KCID; LHCD; Magnetics Measurement System; NBI heating; Plasma Shape Control System; Wall Load Limit System; XLOC algorithm; fast power amplifiers; fusion reactor; ion cyclotron resonance heating; lower hybrid current drive; neutral beam heating; plasma boundary; poloidal field coils; real-time plasma control; real-time signal server; Coils; Control systems; Cyclotrons; Heating; Ion beams; Magnetic variables measurement; Plasma measurements; Power amplifiers; Real time systems; Shape control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real Time Conference, 1999. Santa Fe 1999. 11th IEEE NPSS

Conference_Location

Sante Fe, NM

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5463-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTCON.1999.842597

Filename

842597