Automatic real-time tracking and stabilization of magnetic islands in a Tokamak using temperature fluctuations and ECW power

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1009-1014

  Berrino, Jacopo ^a   Cirant, Sante ^a   Gandini, Franco ^a   Granucci, Gustavo ^a   Lazzaro, Enzo ^a   Jannone, Francesco ^a   Smeulders, Paul ^a   D'Antona, Gabriele ^b  

^a ASSOCIAZIONE EURATOM ENEA SULLA FUSIONE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic islands; Radio frequency (RF); Real time control; Tokamak

Indexed keywords

FTU TOKAMAK; MAGNETIC ISLANDS; RADIAL LOCATION; RADIO FREQUENCY(RF) POWER DEPOSITION;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SYSTEM STABILITY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746373936     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.875156     Document Type: Article

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