Optimal placement of probes in magnetostatic reconstruction ‐ The case of plasma identification in Tokamaks

Abstract

The applied research in the thermonuclear fusion area is directed towards the design of a commercial reactor. In such a reactor, the room required for the probes deputised to measure the magnetic field for the identification step of the control system must be kept to a minimum, and the number and position of probes must be optimised. A possible approach to the optimal choice of a set of magnetic probes for the reconstruction of a magnetostatic field, based on a statistical approach, is presented and discussed.

Citation

Formisano, A., Martone, R. and Trevisan, F. (2001), "Optimal placement of probes in magnetostatic reconstruction ‐ The case of plasma identification in Tokamaks", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 20 No. 2, pp. 523-534. https://doi.org/10.1108/03321640110383843