DIII-D cryogenic control system upgrade

Author

Campbell, G.L. ; Gilgallon, J.J.

Author_Institution

Gen. Atom., San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

2-6 Oct 1989

Firstpage

167

Abstract

A programmable logic controller, color graphic operator interfaces, and an analog data-acquisition system have been added to the helium liquefier and distribution system at the DIII-D extended monitoring. Control capability, as well as centralized datalogging, trending and alarm reporting is described. Other objectives of the upgrade included offsite remote monitoring and control through a phone modem, and a hardware basis for automation of liquefier operation and maintenance. It is now also possible to accomplish connection and coordination with other DIII-D control systems. It was required that most of the installation and checkout of the new control system be done during operating periods. For this reason, and for reliability concerns, the upgrade hardware was designed and installed as an additional independent system rather than a replacement control system

Keywords

computer graphics; cryogenics; data acquisition; fusion reactor instrumentation; fusion reactor operation; fusion reactor theory and design; graphical user interfaces; nuclear engineering computing; nuclear reactor maintenance; DIII-D cryogenic control system upgrade; He; alarm reporting; analog data-acquisition system; automation; centralized datalogging; checkout; color graphic operator interfaces; distribution system; extended monitoring; hardware basis; independent system; installation; liquefier; maintenance; offsite remote monitoring; phone modem; programmable logic controller; reliability concerns; trending; Automatic control; Centralized control; Control systems; Cryogenics; Graphics; Hardware; Helium; Modems; Programmable control; Remote monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1989. Proceedings., IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1989.102198

Filename

102198