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Magnetic control of a tokamak plasma: An introduction
Published on Mar 09, 20162214 Views
In this lecture, the problems of position, current, and shape control of plasma in tokamak-type (toroidal) devices will be introduced. Modelling issues will be briefly discussed, and then the control
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Magnetic control of a tokamak plasma: an introduction00:00
Outline00:19
Energy Consumption01:30
Nuclear Fusion03:04
What is a Tokamak?04:54
Why feedback control?06:43
Motivation08:06
A Tokamak Discharge11:25
Main assumptions14:13
Plasma model14:48
Model outputs15:59
Lumped parameters approximation19:05
Plasma linearized model21:26
Vertical Stabilization Problem22:53
The plasma vertical instability23:00
Stable equilibrium - 124:10
Stable equilibrium - 224:26
Unstable equilibrium - 124:48
Unstable equilibrium - 225:15
Plasma vertical instability - 126:09
Vertical Stabilization system26:51
Plasma Shape Control27:45
Control scheme - 129:45
Control scheme - 230:58
SC and VS time scales32:25
Plasma current control32:27
The JET tokamak - 132:29
The JET tokamak - 233:25
SC and VS a JET33:36
JET Shape Controller - Controller Scheme33:53
JET Shape Controller Design34:45
JET Shape Controller - 136:01
JET Shape Controller - 236:21
XSC “philosophy”36:25
eXtreme Shape Controller37:30
XSC - Controller scheme37:32
eXtreme Shape Controller (XSC) - 139:03
eXtreme Shape Controller (XSC) - 239:06
SC vs XSC40:07
Experimental results41:16
The Current Limit Avoidance System - 142:56
The Current Limit Avoidance System - 243:49
The Current Limit Avoidance System - 344:00
CLA “philosophy”44:49
Experimental strategy44:52
Saturation in the D-coils44:54
The currents in the divertor coils44:55
The plasma shape46:00
References - 146:33
References - 246:58
References - 347:07
The End47:20