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Magnetic Diagnostics for the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) at PPPL

Magnetic Diagnostics for the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) at PPPL. Andrew Jones PEI/GEC Summer 2009. Fusion, LTX, and Us. Why is it useful? How does it work? What does LTX contribute? What did I contribute to LTX?. Fusion Energy. High energy per reaction Abundant, cheap fuel Safe

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Magnetic Diagnostics for the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) at PPPL

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  1. Magnetic Diagnostics for the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) at PPPL Andrew Jones PEI/GEC Summer 2009

  2. Fusion, LTX, and Us Why is it useful? How does it work? What does LTX contribute? What did I contribute to LTX?

  3. Fusion Energy High energy per reaction Abundant, cheap fuel Safe Environmentally friendly Need three things: High temperature (T) High density (n) Long confinement time (τ) Image from www.atomicarchive.com

  4. Tokamaks • Changing magnetic fluxes accelerate particles • Magnetic fields provide confinement • Toroidal geometry-- no open ends

  5. LTX • Liquid lithium-walled tokamak • Flat temperature profile • Low recycling • Decreased structural damage

  6. Magnetic Diagnostics Non-invasive sensors for data acquisition Changing magnetic fluxes cause voltage Hardware integrator circuits yield local magnetic flux Digitizers output to computers Measured flux compared to calculated flux for toroidally symmetric system (LRDFIT)

  7. Calibration • Integrator gains vary unpredictably • Gain factors obtained via comparison of simulated to measured flux • Only reliable where model captures behavior well

  8. Automation Analyzed fit of model behavior to data Wrote calibration script to take in data from LTX and check for regions of good behavior agreement Calibration gain factor automatically calculated, output in readable format Used in future to calibrate sensors via LRDFIT or new three-dimensional code

  9. Made possible by Grant from PEI/Grand Energy Challenges initiative Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Robert Kaita Jon Menard Laura Berzak

  10. Magnetic Diagnostics for the Lithium Tokamak Experiment (LTX) at PPPL Andrew Jones PEI/GEC Summer 2009

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