Title :
Emerging applications in tokamak plasma control
Author :
Walker, Michael L. ; Humphreys, David A. ; Mazon, Didier ; Moreau, Didier ; Okabayashi, Michio ; Osborne, Thomas H. ; Schuster, Eugenio
Author_Institution :
General Atomics, San Diego, CA
fDate :
4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes several different tokamak plasma instabilities and the control approaches for their stabilization. It also describes the progress achieved at tokamak devices around the world
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; flow instability; plasma instability; stabilization; tokamak devices; tokamak plasma control; tokamak plasma instabilities; Magnetohydrodynamics; Physics; Plasma applications; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma temperature; Plasma transport processes; Temperature control; Tokamaks;
Journal_Title :
Control Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCS.2006.1615272