Digital control system for the TCV tokamak

Author

Duval, B.P. ; Moret, J.M. ; Rodrigues, A.P. ; Pereira, L.A. ; Vara, C. A F

Author_Institution

Centre de Recherches en Phys. des Plasmas, Assoc. Euratom, Lausanne

fYear

2005

fDate

10-10 June 2005

Abstract

This paper presents the hardware and software approach to replacing the current analogue linear feedback system on the TCV tokamak with a DSP based system to allow for nonlinear control. After preliminary combination, over 120 control signals are reduced to 32 parameters which enter an array of 32 DSP processors each of which is passed the complete data set. Apart from data transfer and storage, each DSP run its separate control algorithm with a repetition rate up to 20 kHz. A separate DSP board is dedicated to the plasma vertical control which requires a 200 kHz feedback rate. This paper presents the hardware and the software that is being designed to put this control block in the hands of non DSP-expert physics users

Keywords

Tokamak devices; digital control; digital signal processing chips; feedback; nonlinear control systems; physical instrumentation control; 200 kHz; DSP processor board; DSP system; TCV tokamak; analogue linear feedback; control signal; data storage; data transfer; digital control system; digital signal processing; hardware-software codesign; nonlinear control; plasma vertical control; tokamak configuration variable; Control systems; Digital control; Digital signal processing; Hardware; Linear feedback control systems; Nonlinear control systems; Physics; Plasmas; Signal processing; Tokamaks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real Time Conference, 2005. 14th IEEE-NPSS

Conference_Location

Stockholm

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9183-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTC.2005.1547416

Filename

1547416