• DocumentCode
    2113330
  • Title

    The NSTX Central Instrumentation and Control System

  • Author

    Sichta, P. ; Dong, J. ; Oliaro, G. ; Tindall, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Plasma Phys. Lab., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    292
  • Lastpage
    295
  • Abstract
    Earlier this year the National Spherical Torus experiment (NSTX) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory achieved “first plasma”. The Central Instrumentation and Control system was used to support plasma operations. Major elements of the system include the process control system, plasma control system, network system, data acquisition system, and synchronization system. This paper will focus on the process control system. Topics include the architecture, hardware interface, operator interface, data management, and system performance
  • Keywords
    Tokamak devices; computerised control; fusion reactor design; nuclear engineering computing; process control; Central Instrumentation and Control System; NSTX; architecture; data management; hardware interface; operator interface; process control system; Centralized control; Control systems; Data acquisition; Hardware; Instruments; Laboratories; Physics; Plasmas; Process control; System performance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fusion Engineering, 1999. 18th Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5829-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FUSION.1999.849840
  • Filename
    849840