Control and protection system for the 110 GHz ECRH system on the TdeV tokamak

Author

Cool, R. ; Chaudron, G.-A. ; Demers, Y. ; Guay, J.-M. ; Larose, D. ; Magne, R. ; Trudel, C. ; Décoste, R. ; Desroches, D. ; Dubé, A. ; Robert, A. ; Vachon, L.

Author_Institution

Centre Canadien de Fusion Magnetique, Varennes, Que., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

6-10 Oct 1997

Firstpage

527

Abstract

A new microwave system operating at the second harmonic of the Electron Cyclotron Resonance is currently being installed on TdeV. Its control and protection system offers versatility with its multi-level structure. The primary level is the hard-wired protection system that uses programmable logic device technology (PLD). This system is dedicated to protect with a fast response time personnel and critical equipments, The second level consists of a programmable logic controller (PLC), the Siemens TI555. It is used for over-all supervision, monitoring status and slow control and protection tasks. The last level is the user interface. It uses commercial software running on a VAXstation 4060. This paper describes in details the control and protection systems and its components

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; physical instrumentation control; plasma radiofrequency heating; programmable logic devices; Electron Cyclotron Resonance; Siemens TI555; TdeV tokamak; VAXstation 4060; hard-wired protection system; microwave system; multi-level structure; over-all supervision; programmable logic device technology; protection system; protection tasks; slow control; user interface; Control systems; Cyclotrons; Delay; Electrons; Microwave devices; Personnel; Programmable control; Programmable logic devices; Protection; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4226-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1997.687094

Filename

687094