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Tokamak disruption alarm based on a neural network model of the high- beta limit

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Wroblewski, D, Jahns, G.L, Leuer, J.A·1997·Nuclear Fusion

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An artificial neural network, combining signals from a large number of plasma diagnostics, was used to estimate the high- beta disruption boundary in the DIII-D tokamak. It is shown that inclusion of many diagnostic measurements results in a much more accurate prediction of the disruption boundary than that provided by the traditional Troyon limit. A trained neural network constitutes a non-linear, non-parametric model of the disruption boundary. Through the analysis of the input-output sensitivities, the relative statistical significance of various diagnostic measurements (plasma parameters) for the determination of the disruption boundary is directly assessed and the number of diagnostics used by the neural network model is reduced to the necessary minimum. The neural network is trained to map the disruption boundary throughout most of the discharge. As a result, it can predict the high- beta disruption boundary on a time-scale of the order of 100 ms (much longer than the precursor growth time), which makes this approach ideally suitable for real time application in a disruption avoidance scheme. Owing to the relative simplicity of the required computations, the neural network is easily implemented in a real time system. A prototype of the neural network disruption alarm was installed within the DIII-D digital plasma control system, and its real time operation, with a typical time resolution of 10 ms, was demonstrated

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  • Prior work has tried to preemptively detect disruptions for tokamak reactors, using supervised learning methods such as support vector machines, adaptive fuzzy logic, decision trees, and deep learning on previous disruption data.

    “Prior work has tried to preemptively detect disruptions for tokamak reactors, using supervised learning methods such as supportvector machines, adaptive fuzzy logic, decision trees, and deep learning [110,413,567,811,846,850] on previous disruption data.”

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  1. SIMPSON, P.K., Artificial Neural Systems: Founda- tions, Paradigms, Application, and Implementations, Pergamon Press, Oxford (1990).
  2. NUCLEAR FUSION, Vol. 37, No. 6 (1997)

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Authors
Wroblewski, D., Jahns, G. L., & Leuer, J. A.
Affiliations
Lockheed Martin Orincon (United States) (US)
Venue
Nuclear Fusion
Published
1997-06
Volume
37
Issue
6
Pages
725-741
ISSN
0029-5515 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2014096208
Cited by
135
References
22
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Nuclear Fusion (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Small Business Innovation Research
  • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Fusion materials and technologies
Keywords
tokamak disruptions, artificial neural networks, DIII-D tokamak, plasma diagnostics, disruption avoidance, plasma control system

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