2D interpolation and extrapolation of discrete magnetic measurements with toroidal harmonics for equilibrium reconstruction in a tokamak

We present a method based on the use of toroidal harmonics and on a modelization of the poloidal field coils and divertor coils for the 2D interpolation and extrapolation of discrete magnetic measurements in a tokamak. The method is generic and can be used to provide the Cauchy boundary conditions n...

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Published in:Plasma physics and controlled fusion 2014-11, Vol.56 (11), p.114010-11
Main Authors: Faugeras, Blaise, Blum, Jacques, Boulbe, Cedric, Moreau, Philippe, Nardon, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer Science
Extrapolation
Harmonics
Interpolation
inverse problem
Magnetic measurement
magnetic measurements
Mathematical models
Modeling and Simulation
plasma boundary
plasma equilibrium
Reconstruction
tokamak
Tokamak devices
toroidal harmonics
Two dimensional
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Summary:We present a method based on the use of toroidal harmonics and on a modelization of the poloidal field coils and divertor coils for the 2D interpolation and extrapolation of discrete magnetic measurements in a tokamak. The method is generic and can be used to provide the Cauchy boundary conditions needed as input by a fixed domain equilibrium reconstruction code like Equinox (Blum et al 2012 J. Comput. Phys. 231 960-80). It can also be used to extrapolate the magnetic measurements in order to compute the plasma boundary itself. The proposed method and algorithm are detailed in this paper and results from numerous numerical experiments are presented. The method is foreseen to be used in the real-time plasma control loop on the WEST tokamak (Bucalossi et al 2011 Fusion Eng. Des. 86 684-8).
ISSN:0741-3335
1361-6587
DOI:10.1088/0741-3335/56/11/114010