Analogue feedback control system of RFX

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-238

  Fiorentin, P ^a   Gaio, E ^a   Marchiori, G ^a   Toigo, V ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; PINCH EFFECT; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ANALOGUE FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEM; MAIN PLASMA QUANTITIES; REVERSED FIELD PINCH MACHINE;

PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

EID: 0030217562     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-3796(96)00442-5     Document Type: Article

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