Equilibrium reconstruction improvement via Kalman-filter-based vessel current estimation at DIII-D

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 5-14, 2007, Pages 1144-1152

  Ou, Y ^a   Walker, M L ^b   Schuster, E ^a   Ferron, J R ^b  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium reconstruction; Optimal estimation; Vessel currents

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC COILS; KALMAN FILTERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

EQUILIBRIUM RECONSTRUCTION; OPTIMAL ESTIMATION; VESSEL CURRENTS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 34948900870     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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