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Overview of the NSTX Control System
Abstract
The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) is an innovative magnetic fusion device that was constructed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Columbia University, and the University of Washington at Seattle. Since achieving first plasma in 1999, the device has been used for fusion research through an international collaboration of more than twenty institutions. The NSTX is operated through a collection of control systems that encompass a wide range of technology, from hardwired relay controls to real-time control systems with giga-FLOPS of capability. This paper presents a broad introduction to the control systems used on NSTX, with an emphasis on the computing controls, data acquisition, and synchronization systems.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 792846
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-3633
TRN: US0200812
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 3 Dec 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; NSTX DEVICE; COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; SYNCHRONIZATION; DESIGN
Citation Formats
Sichta, P, Dong, J, Oliaro, G, and Roney, P. Overview of the NSTX Control System. United States: N. p., 2001.
Web. doi:10.2172/792846.
Sichta, P, Dong, J, Oliaro, G, & Roney, P. Overview of the NSTX Control System. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/792846
Sichta, P, Dong, J, Oliaro, G, and Roney, P. 2001.
"Overview of the NSTX Control System". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/792846. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/792846.
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abstractNote = {The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) is an innovative magnetic fusion device that was constructed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Columbia University, and the University of Washington at Seattle. Since achieving first plasma in 1999, the device has been used for fusion research through an international collaboration of more than twenty institutions. The NSTX is operated through a collection of control systems that encompass a wide range of technology, from hardwired relay controls to real-time control systems with giga-FLOPS of capability. This paper presents a broad introduction to the control systems used on NSTX, with an emphasis on the computing controls, data acquisition, and synchronization systems.},
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