An upgrade of the magnetic diagnostic system of the DIII-D tokamak for non-axisymmetric measurements

King, Joshua D.; Strait, Edward J.; Boivin, Rejean L.; Taussig, Doug; Watkins, Matthias G.; Hanson, Jeremy M.; Logan, Nikolas C.; Paz-Soldan, Carlos; Pace, David C.; Shiraki, Daisuke; Lanctot, M. J.; La Haye, R. J.; Lao, L. L.; Battaglia, D. J.; Sontag, A. C.; Haskey, S. R.; Bak, J. G.

doi:10.1063/1.4891817

Title: An upgrade of the magnetic diagnostic system of the DIII-D tokamak for non-axisymmetric measurements

Journal Article · Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4891817· OSTI ID:1351085

King, Joshua D. ^[1]; Strait, Edward J. ^[2]; Boivin, Rejean L. ^[2]; Taussig, Doug ^[2]; Watkins, Matthias G. ^[2]; Hanson, Jeremy M. ^[3]; Logan, Nikolas C. ^[4]; Paz-Soldan, Carlos ^[1]; Pace, David C. ^[2]; Shiraki, Daisuke ^[3]; Lanctot, M. J. ^[2]; La Haye, R. J. ^[2]; Lao, L. L. ^[2]; Battaglia, D. J. ^[4]; Sontag, A. C. ^[5]; Haskey, S. R. ^[6]; Bak, J. G. ^[7]

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The Australia National Univ., Canberra, ACT (Australia)
National Fusion Research Center, Daejeon (South Korea)

Here, the DIII-D tokamak magnetic diagnostic system has been upgraded to significantly expand the measurement of the plasma response to intrinsic and applied non-axisymmetric “3D” fields. The placement and design of 101 additional sensors allow resolution of toroidal mode numbers 1 ≤ n ≤ 3, and poloidal wavelengths smaller than MARS-F, IPEC, and VMEC magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model predictions. Small 3D perturbations, relative to the equilibrium field (10^–5 <δB/B₀ <10^–4), require sub-millimeter fabrication and installation tolerances. This high precision is achieved using electrical discharge machined components, and alignment techniques employing rotary laser levels and a coordinate measurement machine. A 16-bit data acquisition system is used in conjunction with analog signal-processing to recover non-axisymmetric perturbations. Co-located radial and poloidal field measurements allow up to 14.2 cm spatial resolution of poloidal structures (plasma poloidal circumference is ~ 500 cm). The function of the new system is verified by comparing the rotating tearing mode structure, measured by 31 BP fluctuation sensors, with that measured by the upgraded B_R saddle loop sensors after the mode locks to the vessel wall. The result is a nearly identical 2/1 helical eigenstructure in both cases.

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Research Organization:: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-04ER54698

OSTI ID:: 1351085

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 8; ISSN 0034-6748

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