Glow discharges and tokamaks /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Altone, Sean A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, ©2010.
Colección:Physics research and technology.
Temas:
Glow discharges.
Tokamaks.
Automatic control.
Décharges luminescentes.
Commande automatique.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > Nuclear.
Automatic control
Glow discharges
Tokamaks
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • GLOW DISCHARGES AND TOKAMAKS
  • GLOW DISCHARGES AND TOKAMAKS
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Automatic Control Systems in Tokamak Plasmas: Current Status and Needs
  • Abstract
  • 1. Introduction
  • II. Preliminaries
  • A. Classical Automatic Control
  • 1. The concept of feedback control
  • 2. Topics of importance in system control
  • 3. The PID controller
  • B. Modern Control Strategies
  • 1. Adaptive control
  • 2. Optimal control
  • 3. Stochastic control
  • 4. Robust control
  • 2. Intelligent control
  • C. The Tokamak Fusion Device
  • 1. Anatomy of a tokamak2. Experimental results
  • D. Physics Modelling of Tokamak Plasmas
  • 1. Plasma equilibrium and stability
  • 2. Auxiliary heating and diagnostics
  • III. Overview of Feedback Control in Tokamak Plasmas
  • A. Short History of Tokamak Automatic Control
  • B. Classes of Problems Requiring Feedback Control
  • IV. Plasma Equilibrium Control
  • A. Plasma Shape Identification
  • B. Control of the Plasma Shape and Position
  • 1. Modelling the plasma-vessel-coil interaction
  • 2. Radial position and shape control
  • 3. The problem of vertical stabilizationC. Integrated Control Solutions
  • V. Feedback Control of Mhd Instabilities
  • A. The Problem of Resistive Wall Modes
  • 1. Model of the RWM instability
  • 2. Methods of stabilization
  • B. Suppression of Neoclassical Tearing Modes
  • 1. The modified Rutherford equation
  • 2. Stabilization by current drive
  • C. Edge Localized Modes
  • VI. Other Tokamak Control Issues
  • A. Controlling the Plasma Profiles
  • B. Off-Normal Effects
  • VII. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiments in the HT-7 TokamakAbstract
  • 1. Experimental Setup
  • 2. LHCD Efficiency
  • 2.1. CD Efficiency
  • 2.2. OH-RF Synergy Current Drive
  • 3. Improved LHCD Efficiency by IBW Heating
  • 4. Hot Electrical Conductivity in LHCD Plasmas
  • 5. LHCD for High Performance Experiment
  • 6. Behaviors of Fast Electrons in LHCD Plasmas
  • 6.1. Transport of Fast Electrons
  • 6.2. Photon Temperature of Fast Electrons Distribution
  • 6.3. Oscillations in the FEB Emissions
  • a. Inverted sawtooth-like oscillation
  • B. sawtooth-like oscillationAcknowledgments
  • References
  • Principles and Application of Small Size Divertor Tokamak Plasma Edge
  • Abstract
  • Nomenclature
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Concept of the Tokamak Device
  • 2. The Plasma Edge
  • 2.1. Importance of the plasma edge behaviour
  • 2.2. Controlling the plasma Edge
  • 3. Basic Transport Equations (Fluid Equations)
  • 3.1. Particle balance equation
  • 3.2. Parallel momentum balance for ions
  • 3.3. Parallel momentum balance for electrons
  • 3.4. Current continuity equation

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