Overview of the preliminary design of the ITER plasma control system

Snipes, J. A.; Albanese, R.; Ambrosino, G.; Ambrosino, R.; Amoskov, V.; Blanken, T. C.; Bremond, S.; Cinque, M.; de Tommasi, G.; de Vries, P. C.; Eidietis, N.; Felici, F.; Felton, R.; Ferron, J.; Formisano, A.; Gribov, Y.; Hosokawa, M.; Hyatt, A.; Humphreys, D.; Jackson, G.; Kavin, A.; Khayrutdinov, R.; Kim, D.; Kim, S. H.; Konovalov, S.; Lamzin, E.; Lehnen, M.; Lukash, V.; Lomas, P.; Mattei, M.; Mineev, A.; Moreau, P.; Neu, G.; Nouailletas, R.; Pautasso, G.; Pironti, A.; Rapson, C.; Raupp, G.; Ravensbergen, T.; Rimini, F.; Schneider, M.; Travere, J. -M.; Treutterer, W.; Villone, F.; Walker, M.; Welander, A.; Winter, A.; Zabeo, L.

doi:10.1088/1741-4326/aa8177

Title: Overview of the preliminary design of the ITER plasma control system

Journal Article · Mon Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nuclear Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa8177· OSTI ID:1434642

Snipes, J. A. ^[1]; Albanese, R. ^[2]; Ambrosino, G. ^[2]; Ambrosino, R. ^[2]; Amoskov, V. ^[3];

^[4]; Bremond, S. ^[5]; Cinque, M. ^[2];

^[2]; de Vries, P. C. ^[1]; Eidietis, N. ^[6]; Felici, F. ^[4]; Felton, R. ^[7]; Ferron, J. ^[6]; Formisano, A. ^[2]; Gribov, Y. ^[1]; Hosokawa, M. ^[1]; Hyatt, A. ^[6]; Humphreys, D. ^[6]; Jackson, G. ^[6] more »

ITER Organization, St. Paul Lez Durance (France)
Consorzio CREATE, Napoli (Italy)
D. V. Efremov Inst. of Electrophysical Apparatus, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
Eindhoven Univ. of Technology (Netherlands)
CEA, IRFM, St. Paul Lez Durance (France)
Central Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Culham Science Centre, Abingdon (United Kingdom). Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association
National Research Centre (NRC), Moscow (Russian Federation). Kurchatov Inst. (NRCKI)
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Max Planck Inst. fur Plasmaphysik, Garching (Germany)

An overview of the Preliminary Design of the ITER Plasma Control System (PCS) is described here, which focusses on the needs for 1st plasma and early plasma operation in hydrogen/helium (H/He) up to a plasma current of 15 MA with moderate auxiliary heating power in low confinement mode (L-mode). Candidate control schemes for basic magnetic control, including divertor operation and kinetic control of the electron density with gas puffing and pellet injection, were developed. Commissioning of the auxiliary heating systems is included as well as support functions for stray field topology and real-time plasma boundary reconstruction. Initial exception handling schemes for faults of essential plant systems and for disruption protection were developed. The PCS architecture was also developed to be capable of handling basic control for early commissioning and the advanced control functions that will be needed for future high performance operation. A plasma control simulator is also being developed to test and validate control schemes. To handle the complexity of the ITER PCS, a systems engineering approach has been adopted with the development of a plasma control database to keep track of all control requirements.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09-CH11466

OSTI ID:: 1434642

Journal Information:: Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 57, Issue 12; ISSN 0029-5515

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Country of Publication:: United States

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