Transient plasma estimation: A noise cancelling/identification approach

In this paper we discuss the application of a noise cancelling technique to extract energy storage information from sensors occurring during fusion reactor experiments on the Tandom Mirror Experiment-Upgrade (TMX-U) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). We show how this technique can be used to decrease the uncertainty in the corresponding sensor measurements used for diagnostics in both real-time and post-experimental environments. We analyze the performance of the algorithm on the sensor data and discuss the various tradeoffs. The algorithm suggested is designed using SIG, an interactive signal processing package developed at LLNL.