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Feedback Control System for the Antenna Phase Difference of Lower
Hybrid Current Drive
Min Jiang, Guangli Kuang, Jiafang Shan, Jian’an Lin and H
T-7 Team
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science,
P.O.Box 1126, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, P.R.China
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Abstract
It is well accepted that LHCD(lower hybrid current drive) is the most efficient method for non-inductive current drive in fusion devices and the effect of the current drive is dependent on not only microwave power but also its grill phase shift. This paper presents a new kind of feedback control system for antenna phase difference on LHCD experiments. In this high-speed control system, a lot of new technologies and methods are applied. The experiments results show a very good agreement with the design ones.
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Introduce
LHW in Tokamak is one of the most important ways to realize the steady state nuclear fusion.
The current drive efficiency depends on plasma density, toroidal magnetic field and launched LHW power coupling spectrum[1].
With various antenna phase differences at each waveguide, the power coupling spectrums are diverse.
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FCSAPD
• FCSAPD ---- Feedback Control System for the Antenna Phase Difference
• PDAC system ---- Phase Data Acquisition and Control system• Database Program ---- developed for the efficient management of
measured data • DCS ---- Data Communicate System
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PDAC system
Fig. 1 PDAC System Hardware Frame
Multi-junction Grill Antenna:3 row*4column, phase controlled
Klystron: KU-2.45,Made in Russia, 100KW
Phase shifter: 360 deg, 2.8 deg step
Phase Discriminator: parallel, response time 15us
Computer : with 2 cards installed
• ADC card: 1MHZ
• DO card
HARDWARE:
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PDAC system
Step 1: Preparing work(to adjust the parameters)Waiting for the trigger signalDetermine control Arithmetic
Step 2(loop time 300us):Sampling the phase dataAnalyzing with Deviation-adjust algorithmGenerating control signal through DO card for phase shifter
Step 3:Managing and compressing the dataTo get ready for the transfer to DCS
SOFTWARE:
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PDAC system
Three-Stage Phase Adjustment:
LHW can play different roles in different stages of one shot with different power spectrum N// peak , such as LH heating and LHCD[4].
And it is what the development of HT-7 physics experiments requires.
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Database Program
Database Server: Windows 2000 OS, PENTIUM 4 and 256M RAM
Data :
Some data with a LZO compressing format contains the represent time, data points and raw measured values.
Other are stored with a given database format.
GUI programC-S: Client-Server mode, detailed information
B-S: Browser-Server mode, through IE and Netscape
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DCS
DCS is a bridge between PDAC and Database program.DCS contains two networks: control network and common network. PDAC system is separated safely from the dangers such as viruses and
hack attacks.
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Arithmetic of Phase Difference Control in Real Time Fig. 3 Principium to Measure the Phase Background
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Arithmetic of Phase Difference Control in Real Time
Let’s assumeθ1 =θ2= …… =θ11=θ12, (1)then the phase at the left of the bi_directional equals
(αi-Φi) (2)and the phase at the mixing port equals
(αi - Φi + δi + γi). (3)So the phase we should shift is given by (4) ~ (6)
αi –Φi +δi+γi - (α12 –Φ12 +δ12+γ12)=βi (4)
αibackground= ( Φi - Φ12 )-( δi - δ12 )-( γi - γ12 ) =ΔΦi- δ△ i- γ△ i (5)
αishift =αipreset- ( αi -α12 ) (6)
αishift=αipreset-βi - αibackground (7)
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Reference
[1] Ding B.J. Ph.D Thesis (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2001).
[2] Wang Mao et al Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics, 2003,23:55
[3] Luo Jiarong et al Plasma Science & Technology , 2002,4:1445
[4] Shen W.C. et al Plasma Science & Technology , 2003,5:1633
[5] J.Y. Journeaux et al Fusion Engineering and Design, 2001,56-57:767-771
[6] Lin Jian’an Ph.D Thesis (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2001).