Advanced plasma controller for the STOR-M tokamak

用于 STOR-M 托卡马克的先进等离子体控制器

• 批准号: 327718-2006
• 负责人: Morelli, Jordan
• 金额: $ 1.35万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=397938
• 关键词: Advanced; plasma; controller; STOR; tokamak

This research program will contribute to the international effort to enhance the confinement of the plasma within a tokamak fusion reactor. On a more local scale, the stability and reliability of the discharge in the STOR-M tokamak will be improved in order to increase the experimental effectiveness of the device; allowing the STOR-M tokamak to have a greater impact on the international effort towards a commercial grade controlled thermonuclear fusion reactor.  The STOR-M tokamak is Canada's only tokamak.  The importance, and the difficulty, of controlling various characteristics of the plasma to achieving successfully controlled thermonuclear fusion cannot be overstated. This research program will address plasma control issues. As a part of this research a novel detector will be developed in order to image the plasma column within the STOR-M tokamak; fully imaging the cross-sectional shape of the plasma column.  The capability of imaging the shape of the plasma column is not presently available on STOR-M; therefore this equipment will go a long way to enhancing the diagnostic complement of the device.  During this research program an improved digital plasma position controller will also be developed for the STOR-M tokamak.  This will be an adaptive controller, and will improve on the fuzzy logic based controller that was recently developed for use on STOR-M by the applicant. This project will help to ensure that Canada can continue to actively participate at the forefront of the field of controlled fusion research, and that we will have adequately trained personnel to continue to do so well into the future.

这项研究计划将有助于国际努力，以加强约束的等离子体在托卡马克聚变反应堆。在更局部的尺度上，将提高STOR-M托卡马克放电的稳定性和可靠性，以提高装置的实验效率;使STOR-M托卡马克在国际上对商业级受控热核聚变反应堆的努力产生更大的影响。STOR-M托卡马克是加拿大唯一的托卡马克。重要性和困难，控制等离子体的各种特性以实现成功受控的热核聚变的重要性怎么强调都不过分。该研究计划将解决血浆控制问题。作为这项研究的一部分，将研制一种新型探测器，以便对STOR-M托卡马克内的等离子体柱进行成像：对等离子体柱的横截面形状进行全面成像。因此，该设备将大大提高设备的诊断补充。在这项研究计划中，改进的数字还将为STOR-M托卡马克装置研制等离子体位置控制器，这将是一种自适应控制器，并将改进申请人最近研制的用于STOR-M装置的基于模糊逻辑的控制器。这一项目将有助于确保加拿大能够继续积极参与受控聚变研究领域的前沿工作，并确保我们将拥有训练有素的人员，以便今后继续这样做。