Feedback control design for non-inductively sustained scenarios in NSTX-U using TRANSP

Boyer, M. D.; Andre, R. G.; Gates, D. A.; Gerhardt, S. P.; Menard, J. E.; Poli, F. M.

doi:10.1088/1741-4326/aa68e9

Title: Feedback control design for non-inductively sustained scenarios in NSTX-U using TRANSP

Abstract

This paper examines a method for real-time control of non-inductively sustained scenarios in NSTX-U by using TRANSP, a time-dependent integrated modeling code for prediction and interpretive analysis of tokamak experimental data, as a simulator. The actuators considered for control in this work are the six neutral beam sources and the plasma boundary shape. To understand the response of the plasma current, stored energy, and central safety factor to these actuators and to enable systematic design of control algorithms, simulations were run in which the actuators were modulated and a linearized dynamic response model was generated. A multi-variable model-based control scheme that accounts for the coupling and slow dynamics of the system while mitigating the effect of actuator limitations was designed and simulated. Simulations show that modest changes in the outer gap and heating power can improve the response time of the system, reject perturbations, and track target values of the controlled values.

Authors:

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Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1357603

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Fusion

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 57; Journal Issue: 6; Related Information: The digital data for this publication can be found in: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01bc386m71v; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515

Publisher:: IOP Science

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Plasma scenarios; Tokamaks; Control-oriented modeling; Actuator; Constraints; Linear-quadratic-integral control; Anti-windup; Torus experiment nstx; Low-aspect-ratio; Spherical tokamak

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                    Boyer, M. D., Andre, R. G., Gates, D. A., Gerhardt, S. P., Menard, J. E., and Poli, F. M. Feedback control design for non-inductively sustained scenarios in NSTX-U using TRANSP.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Boyer, M. D., Andre, R. G., Gates, D. A., Gerhardt, S. P., Menard, J. E., & Poli, F. M. Feedback control design for non-inductively sustained scenarios in NSTX-U using TRANSP.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa68e9

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                    Boyer, M. D., Andre, R. G., Gates, D. A., Gerhardt, S. P., Menard, J. E., and Poli, F. M. Mon .  
"Feedback control design for non-inductively sustained scenarios in NSTX-U using TRANSP".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa68e9.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1357603.

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@article{osti_1357603,

  title        = {Feedback control design for non-inductively sustained scenarios in NSTX-U using TRANSP},

  author       = {Boyer, M. D. and Andre, R. G. and Gates, D. A. and Gerhardt, S. P. and Menard, J. E. and Poli, F. M.},

  abstractNote = {This paper examines a method for real-time control of non-inductively sustained scenarios in NSTX-U by using TRANSP, a time-dependent integrated modeling code for prediction and interpretive analysis of tokamak experimental data, as a simulator. The actuators considered for control in this work are the six neutral beam sources and the plasma boundary shape. To understand the response of the plasma current, stored energy, and central safety factor to these actuators and to enable systematic design of control algorithms, simulations were run in which the actuators were modulated and a linearized dynamic response model was generated. A multi-variable model-based control scheme that accounts for the coupling and slow dynamics of the system while mitigating the effect of actuator limitations was designed and simulated. Simulations show that modest changes in the outer gap and heating power can improve the response time of the system, reject perturbations, and track target values of the controlled values.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1741-4326/aa68e9},

  journal      = {Nuclear Fusion},

  number       = 6,

  volume       = 57,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Mon Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

}

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