An algorithm to provide real time neutral beam substitution in the DIII-D tokamak

Author

Phillips, J.C. ; Greene, K.L. ; Hyatt, A.W. ; McHarg, B.B., Jr. ; Penaflor, B.G.

Author_Institution

Gen. Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

214

Lastpage

217

Abstract

A key component of the DIII-D tokamak fusion experiment is a flexible and easy to expand digital control system which actively controls a large number of parameters in real-time. These include plasma shape, position, density, and total stored energy. This system, known as the PCS (plasma control system), also has the ability to directly control auxiliary plasma heating systems, such as the 20 MW of neutral beams routinely used on DIII-D. This paper describes the implementation of a real-time algorithm allowing substitution of power from one neutral beam for another, given a fault in the originally scheduled beam

Keywords

digital control; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor ignition; nuclear engineering computing; plasma beam injection heating; plasma density; plasma toroidal confinement; position control; power system control; real-time systems; DIII-D tokamak; NBI heating; auxiliary plasma heating; digital control system; plasma control system; plasma density; plasma position control; plasma shape control; real time neutral beam substitution; tokamak fusion experiment; Control systems; Digital control; Heating; Particle beams; Personal communication networks; Plasma density; Real time systems; Shape; Temperature control; Tokamaks;

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.1999.842604

Filename

842604