Open AccessImproved Controls for Fusion RF Systems. Final technical report
Author(s) -
J.A. Casey
Publication year - 2011
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1028794
Subject(s) - klystron , modular design , control reconfiguration , tokamak , systems engineering , alcator c mod , fusion power , variety (cybernetics) , transmitter , computer science , engineering , electrical engineering , embedded system , physics , plasma , operating system , nuclear physics , beam (structure) , channel (broadcasting) , civil engineering , artificial intelligence
We have addressed the specific requirements for the integrated systems controlling an array of klystrons used for Lower Hybrid Current Drive (LHCD). The immediate goal for our design was to modernize the transmitter protection system (TPS) for LHCD on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (MIT-PSFC). Working with the Alcator C-Mod team, we have upgraded the design of these controls to retrofit for improvements in performance and safety, as well as to facilitate the upcoming expansion from 12 to 16 klystrons. The longer range goals to generalize the designs in such a way that they will be of benefit to other programs within the international fusion effort was met by designing a system which was flexible enough to address all the MIT system requirements, and modular enough to adapt to a large variety of other requirements with minimal reconfiguration