Stabilization of neoclassical tearing modes in tokamak fusion plasmas via extremum seeking

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Control Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 853-860

  Wehner, William ^a   Schuster, Eugenio ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM-STEERING; BOOTSTRAP CURRENT; CONTROL ENERGY; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON CURRENT DRIVE; ENERGY CONFINEMENT; EXTREMUM SEEKING; FUSION PLASMAS; HEURISTIC SEARCH; MAGNETIC ISLAND; MODEL-BASED; NEOCLASSICAL TEARING MODES; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PLASMA DISRUPTION; POWER THRESHOLDS; PRESSURE PROFILES; RELATIVE POSITIONS; TOKAMAK PLASMAS;

ALIGNMENT; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; FUSION REACTORS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; STABILIZATION;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 74049095120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCA.2009.5280943     Document Type: Conference Paper

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