Magnetic Control of Tokamak Plasmas

• Main Authors: Ariola, Marco (Author), Pironti, Alfredo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: Advances in Industrial Control,
• Subjects: Energy.; Nuclear energy.; Nuclear fusion.; Atoms.; Physics.; Control engineering.; Nuclear engineering.; Nuclear Energy.; Control.; Nuclear Fusion.; Nuclear Engineering.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.

This book is a complete treatment of work done to resolve the problems of position-, current-, and shape-control of plasma in tokamak-type (toroidal) devices being studied as a potential means of commercial energy production by nuclear fusion. Modelling and control are both detailed, allowing non-ex...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I Plasma Modelling
• Plasma Modelling for Magnetic Control
• Modelling of Resistive Wall Modes
• The Plasma Boundary and Its Identification
• Part II Plasma Control
• Plasma Magnetic Control Problem
• Plasma Position and Current Control for Limiter Plasmas
• Plasma Vertical Stabilization
• Plasma Shape Control for ITER
• Plasma Shape Control at TCV
• Plasma Shape Control at JET
• Control of Resistive Wall Modes
• Appendices: Some Mathematical Background; Units Used in Plasma Physics.