PSTI seminars Spring 2005 UCLA
Tokamak geometry and
operations
Visit of
the Electric Tokamak Facilities
- Introduction to Tokamak
geometry
- Coil descriptions
- ICRF equipment
- NB equipment
- Ports and Vacuum
MHD I
Ideal MHD
- Grad-Shafranov equations
- Plasma position
- Plasma shaping
- Equilibrium control
- Plasma confinement
Tokamak Operations I
Application
of ideal MHD to tokamak operations
- Plasma position
- Plasma shaping
- Equilibrium control
Heating and Current
Drive
Performance
enhancements using external heating and current drive
- RF heating (ICH, ECH, É)
- Current drive (Hybrid, ECH)
- NB (Heating, rotation)
- Bootstrap
Tokamak Operations II
Application
of heating and current drive to tokamak operations
- RF heating (ICH, ECH, É)
- Current drive (Hybrid, ECH)
- NB (Heating, rotation)
- Bootstrap
MHDII
Resistive
MHD and instabilities
- Resistive MHD equations
- Modes descriptions, growth
- Other MHD instabilities
Tokamak Operations III
Applications
of resistive MHD to tokamak operations
- Modes measurements
- Other MHD instabilities
- Disruptions
- Instabilities control
Diagnostics
Introduction
to tokamak measurements
- Probes
- Magnetics
- Microwaves
- Thomson, MSE, É
Tokamak Operations IV
Diagnostics
integration into machine runs
- Measurements in the control
room
- Tokamak controls and their
corresponding measurements
- Data flow and shot control
Putting everything
together
All
tokamak operation discussed topics integrated into tokamak control
- Equilibrium control
- Heating and current drive
- Instabilities handling
- Measurement integration
- Differential equations for feedback
control operations
Conclusion
An
overview of the series of lectures with audience integration into the
discussion
- Presentation of all the
topics discussed
- Walkthrough the main issues
and how to handle them
- Safety issues
Tokamak real time
operations
Live
operations of the machine
- Example of feedback control
with VF for position
- Plasma current control
- Example of heating with ICRF
- Looking at the diagnostics
with the PCs to understand what goes wrong