Title :
Upgrade of the timing system for Tore Supra long pulses
Author :
Moulin, D. ; Couturier, B. ; Ducobu, L. ; Le Luyer, M. ; Martin, G. ; Pastor, P. ; Laurent, F.Saint
Author_Institution :
CEA, Centre d´´Etudes Nucleaires de Cadarache, France
Abstract :
The timing system is an essential part of the tokamak Tore Supra. It provides the synchronisation of all of the triggers necessary for a plasma discharge. Operational since 1988, it has been used for 26000 pulses of Tore Supra without significant change or upgrade. However in 1999 it has been undergoing a staged modernisation. Hence this new timing system with a designed flexible and open-ended architecture, together with a more user-friendly man-machine interface, is ready to accept new concepts which will be necessary for the control of long discharges (up to 1000 s)
Keywords :
fusion reactor design; nuclear engineering computing; timing; Tore Supra; timing system; triggers; upgrade; Data acquisition; Decoding; Gold; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Plasmas; Programmable control; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Real Time Conference, 1999. Santa Fe 1999. 11th IEEE NPSS
Conference_Location :
Sante Fe, NM
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5463-X
DOI :
10.1109/RTCON.1999.842569
