ST40 data and control

Tokamak Energy Ltd. Team

doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.03.151

ST40 data and control

Tokamak Energy Ltd. Team

Department of Applied Physics

Tokamak Energy Ltd

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Abstract

The first operational phase of ST40, a new R ₀ = 0.4 m high field spherical tokamak, took place in early 2018. Its results are presented in [1]. During these first operations, the device was run in a reduced configuration, but all the main components of control and data flow were already in place. ST40 operations are controlled by two systems: Machine Control System (MCS) and Plasma Control System (PCS). MCS is responsible for the 24/7 monitoring and control of the ST40 plant, whereas PCS controls the tokamak during a pulse using feedforward and feedback controllers. All the acquired data is stored in an MDSplus database.

Original language	English
Journal	Fusion Engineering and Design
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.03.151
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Control
Data acquisition
Fusion
Spherical tokamak

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