Conveners
Machine Control, Monitoring, Safety and Remote Manipulation
- Axel Winter (Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik)
Machine Control, Monitoring, Safety and Remote Manipulation
- Axel Winter (Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik)
The JET Control and Data Acquisition System has stood the test of time and seen us through to the end of JET Operations in 2023. The system architecture has remained largely un-changed over the last decade or so although many new diagnostics and control systems have been added and the volume of data collected has grown massively. CAMAC remains at the heart of the system, particularly for...
The superconducting stellarator W7-X underwent a major overhaul between 2018-2022 with the installation of an actively cooled divertor and inner wall. The CoDaC System also received a significant overhaul and expansion. The central safety system was completely re-implemented with the lessons learned from previous operation phases and the new requirements of OP2.1. The protection of the new...
This contribution gives an update on the progress of remote participation in the ITER conventional control system (CODAC) since the previous IAEA technical meeting in 2021. Six out of seven ITER partners have been connected 24x7, two of them using high-performance Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) level 2 virtual private networks. A new, high-bandwidth network connection node has been...
The NSTX-U Shorted Turn Protection (STP) system is an essential safety feature of the NSTX-U tokamak, designed to safeguard its coils during experimental operations. With the upcoming upgrade of the NSTX-U facility, the implementation of the STP system becomes even more critical in ensuring the reliability and safety of research activities.
The development of the STP system was prompted by...
The national project of experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) is an important part of the fusion development stratagem of China, which has fully superconducting tokamak with a non-circle cross-section of the vacuum vessel and the active cooling plasma-facing components. The safety and interlock system (SIS) is in charge of the supervision and control of all the EAST components...
Fusion experiments like all large physics experiments requires orchestrating a large set or various subsystems. To make things more difficult is that comparing to accelerators, fusion experiments are far from finished, meaning they get upgrades and modifications all the time. So flexibility and interoperability are the main concerns. EPICS is mature in accelerator community and have been the...
