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Development of equilibrium control technic for the spherical tokamak plasmas from initial phases to steady state phase

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24760699
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Nuclear fusion studies
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

HASEGAWA Makoto  九州大学, 応用力学研究所, 助教 (00325482)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords球状トカマク / 平衡制御 / 定常運転 / プラズマ画像 / Machine Vision / プラズマ制御 / リアルタイム制御 / プラズマ定常維持 / 画像計測 / プラズマ形状同定 / 画像制御
Research Abstract

The purpose of this task is to develop the technic to identify and control plasma position and its shape on spherical tokamaks. In order to identify them, the magnetic signals are generally used. Since these signals are calculated with integration, errors called as drift errors are piled up in the long time plasma discharge. Thus, the idea is to acquire the images of plasma with visible lights, soft x-ray, and so on, and the plasma position is identified with the image in real-time. From this position, magnetic signals are estimated and errors are corrected. In this task, the operation test is done with a flashlight instead of plasma, and the good position detection and its drift error correction are confirmed. Furthermore, the real-time equilibrium calculation code is developed.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2013 2012

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Development of plasma control system for divertor configuration on QUEST2013

    • Author(s)
      M. Hasegawa, K. Nakamura, H. Zushi, K. Hanada, A. Fujisawa, K. Matsuoka, O. Mitarai, H. Idei, Y. Nagashima, K. Tokunaga, S. Kawasaki, H. Nakashima, A. Higashijima
    • Journal Title

      Fusion Engineering and Design

      Volume: 88 Issue: 6-8 Pages: 1074-1077

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.03.035

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Plasma Shape Identification with Magnetic Analysis for the Real-time Control on QUEST2012

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Hasegawa, Kazuo Nakamura, Kazutoshi Tokunaga, Hideki Zushi, Kazuaki Hanada, Akihide Fujisawa, Hiroshi Idei, Shoji Kawasaki, Hisatoshi Nakashima, Aki Higashijima
    • Journal Title

      IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials

      Volume: 132 Issue: 7 Pages: 477-484

    • DOI

      10.1541/ieejfms.132.477

    • NAID

      10030777753

    • ISSN
      0385-4205, 1347-5533
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Development of plasma control system for steady state operation on QUEST2013

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Hasegawa, Kazuo Nakamura, Hideki Zushi, Kazuaki Hanada, Akihide Fujisawa, Keisuke Matsuoka, Hiroshi Idei, Yoshihiko Nagashima, Kazutoshi Tokunaga, Shoji Kawasaki, Hisatoshi Nakashima, Aki Higashijima
    • Organizer
      9th Asia Plasma and Fusion Association Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Gyeongju Hilton Hotel, Gyeongju City, Korea
    • Year and Date
      2013-11-05
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Development of plasma control system for steady state operation on QUEST2013

    • Author(s)
      M. Hasegawa, K. Nakamura, H. Zushi, K. Hanada, A. Fujisawa, K. Matsuoka, H. Idei, Y. Nagashima, K. Tokunaga, S. Kawasaki, H. Nakashima, and A. Higashijima
    • Organizer
      9th Asia Plasma and Fusion Association Conference (APFA 2013)
    • Place of Presentation
      Gyeongju City, Korea
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Development of plasma control system for divertor configuration on QUEST2012

    • Author(s)
      M. Hasegawa
    • Organizer
      27th Symposium on Fusion Technology
    • Place of Presentation
      Liege, Belgium
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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Published: 2013-05-31   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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