MIMO shape control at the EAST tokamak: Simulations and experiments
Author(s)
Date Issued
2019
Type
article
Volume
146
Start Page
1282
End Page
1285
Journal
Abstract
During 2016–2018 experimental campaigns, the plasma magnetic control architecture of the EAST tokamak was revised in order to achieve improved performances, with the final aim of feedback control of alternative divertor configurations (i.e. with multiple X-points). This paper reports on the results obtained with the Multi-Input–Multi-Output (MIMO) plasma shape controller tested during the last experimental campaign, which prompted a considerable improvement of the control performances. Simulation results are also discussed.