Non-linear simulations by numerical magneto hydro dynamics equilibrium codes in ITER-FEAT

Author

Cavinato, M. ; Kavin, A. ; Lukash, V.E. ; Khayrutdinov, R.R.

Author_Institution

ITER JCT, Ibaraki, Japan

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

406

Lastpage

411

Abstract

In modern Tokamaks a precise control of the plasma column inside the toroidal chamber is a key issue affecting the overall performances of the experiment. The ITER machine carries a strong innovation in technology and constitutes an ambitious extrapolation from similar existing machines; therefore accurate and extensive simulation of the machine behaviour is necessary to obtain a reliable design of the plasma magnetic configuration control system. Nonlinear simulations with numerical codes constitutes the finest available tool to analyse the control system performances and refine its design. In this paper the methodology used in such analysis is presented along with specific results on the present design of ITER-FEAT

Keywords

Tokamak devices; control system CAD; control system analysis computing; digital simulation; fusion reactor design; nonlinear control systems; nuclear engineering computing; physical instrumentation control; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; plasma simulation; plasma toroidal confinement; ITER-FEAT; Tokamak; extrapolation; nonlinear simulations; numerical magnetohydrodynamics equilibrium codes; plasma column control; reliable plasma magnetic configuration control system design; toroidal chamber; Analytical models; Control system analysis; Control system synthesis; Extrapolation; Magnetic analysis; Numerical simulation; Plasma simulation; Technological innovation; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Applications, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6562-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCA.2000.897458

Filename

897458