Integrated model control simulations of the electron density profile and the implications of using multiple discrete pellet injectors for control

Authors: T.O.S.J. Bosman, F. Koechl, A. Ho, M.R. de Baar, D. Krishnamoorthy, M. van Berkel

Source: Nuclear Fusion, Vol 63, Iss 12, p 126047 (2023)

Subject Terms: JINTRAC, fuelling, pellet injection, model-predictive control, density control, pellet control, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/0029-5515

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Experimental evidence of enhanced recombination of a hydrogen plasma induced by nitrogen seeding in linear device Magnum-PSI

Authors: R. Perillo, G.R.A. Akkermans, I.G.J. Classen, W.A.J. Vijvers, R. Chandra, K. Jesko, S. Korving, J.W.M. Vernimmen, M.R. de Baar

Source: Nuclear Materials and Energy, Vol 19, Iss , Pp 87-93 (2019)

Subject Terms: Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, TK9001-9401

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179118300838; https://doaj.org/toc/2352-1791

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Measurement of the 2D emission profiles of hydrogen and impurity ions in the TCV divertor

Authors: A. Perek, B.L. Linehan, M. Wensing, K. Verhaegh, I.G.J. Classen, B.P. Duval, O. Février, H. Reimerdes, C. Theiler, T.A. Wijkamp, M.R. de Baar

Source: Nuclear Materials and Energy, Vol 26, Iss , Pp 100858- (2021)

Subject Terms: Quantitative imaging, Tomographic inversion, Detachment, 2D spectroscopy, Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, TK9001-9401

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179120301253; https://doaj.org/toc/2352-1791

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Real-time plasma state monitoring and supervisory control on TCV.

Authors: T.C. Blanken, F. Felici, C. Galperti, N.M.T. Vu, M. Kong, O. Sauter, M.R. de Baar, Team, The EUROfusion MST1, Team, The T. C. V.

Source: Nuclear Fusion; Feb2019, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p1-1, 1p

Subject Terms: PLASMA confinement, FINITE state machines, COMPUTER simulation, ELECTRON cyclotron resonance heating, TOKAMAKS

Inline ECE measurements for NTM control on ASDEX Upgrade.

Authors: H. van den Brand, W.A. Bongers, J.K. Stober, W. Kasparek, D. Wagner, N. Doelman, W. Klop, L. Giannone, M. Reich, E. Westerhof, M.R. de Baar, team, The ASDEX Upgrade, team, The EUROfusion MST1

Source: Nuclear Fusion; Jan2019, Vol. 59 Issue 1, p1-1, 1p

Subject Terms: CYCLOTRON resonance, ELECTRON emission, TEARING instability, CYCLOTRONS, PLASMA instabilities, TOKAMAKS, FUSION reactor divertors, FUSION reactors

Separation of transport in slow and fast time-scales using modulated heat pulse experiments (hysteresis in flux explained).

Authors: M. van Berkel, G. Vandersteen, H.J. Zwart, G.M.D. Hogeweij, J. Citrin, E. Westerhof, D. Peumans, M.R. de Baar

Source: Nuclear Fusion; Oct2018, Vol. 58 Issue 10, p1-1, 1p

Subject Terms: TOKAMAKS, SEPARATION (Technology), HYSTERESIS, HEAT pulses, ELECTRON cyclotron resonance heating

Heat flux reconstruction and effective diffusion estimation from perturbative experiments using advanced filtering and confidence analysis.

Authors: M. Van Berkel, T. Kobayashi, G. Vandersteen, H.j. Zwart, H. Igami, S. Kubo, N. Tamura, H. Tsuchiya, M.r. De Baar, Group, The L. H. D. Experiment

Source: Nuclear Fusion; Sep2018, Vol. 58 Issue 9, p1-1, 1p

Subject Terms: HEAT flux measurement, DIFFUSION coefficients, PERTURBATION theory, MULTIVARIATE analysis, TEMPERATURE measurements

Profile control simulations and experiments on TCV: a controller test environment and results using a model-based predictive controller.

Authors: E. Maljaars, F. Felici, T.C. Blanken, C. Galperti, O. Sauter, M.R. de Baar, F. Carpanese, T.P. Goodman, D. Kim, S.H. Kim, M. Kong, B. Mavkov, A. Merle, J.M. Moret, R. Nouailletas, M. Scheffer, A.A. Teplukhina, N.M.T. Vu, MST1-team, The EUROfusion, TCV-team, The

Source: Nuclear Fusion; Dec2017, Vol. 57 Issue 12, p1-1, 1p

Subject Terms: TOKAMAKS, PREDICTIVE control systems, GYROTRONS, PLASMA currents, TIME-varying systems

New evidence and impact of electron transport non-linearities based on new perturbative inter-modulation analysis.

Authors: M. van Berkel, T. Kobayashi, H. Igami, G. Vandersteen, G.M.D. Hogeweij, K. Tanaka, N. Tamura, H.J. Zwart, S. Kubo, S. Ito, H. Tsuchiya, M.R. de Baar, Group, The L. H. D. Experiment

Source: Nuclear Fusion; Dec2017, Vol. 57 Issue 12, p1-1, 1p

Subject Terms: ELECTRON transport, NONLINEAR theories, QUANTUM perturbations, ELECTRON cyclotron resonance heating, HELICAL structure, TRANSFER functions

Control of the tokamak safety factor profile with time-varying constraints using MPC.

Authors: F. Felici¹, M.R. de Baar^1,2, J. van Dongen², G.M.D. Hogeweij², E. Maljaars¹ e.maljaars@tue.nl, M. Steinbuch¹, P.J.M. Geelen¹

Source: Nuclear Fusion. Feb2015, Vol. 55 Issue 2, p1-1. 1p.

Subject Terms: *TOKAMAKS, *PREDICTIVE control systems, *ACTUATORS, *PLASMA currents, *VECTORS (Calculus), *MATRICES (Mathematics), *SAFETY