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Real-Time Control of Tokamak Plasmas: from Control of Physics to Physics-Based Control

Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici

Stable, high-performance operation of a tokamak requires several plasma control problems to be handled simultaneously. Moreover, the complex physics which governs the tokamak plasma evolution must be studied and understood to make correct choices in contro ...

EPFL2011

Progress from ASDEX Upgrade experiments in preparing the physics basis of ITER operation and DEMO scenario development

Olivier Sauter, Stefano Coda, Basil Duval, Timothy Goodman, Benoît Labit, Laurie Porte, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Umar Sheikh, Alessandro Pau, Cristian Sommariva

An overview of recent results obtained at the tokamak ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) is given. A work flow for predictive profile modelling of AUG discharges was established which is able to reproduce experimental H-mode plasma profiles based on engineering parameter ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2022

Deep neural networks for plasma tomography with applications to JET and COMPASS

Yiming Li, Olivier Sauter, Richard Pitts, Ambrogio Fasoli, Basil Duval, Henri Weisen, Yann Camenen, Jan Horacek, Javier García Hernández, Duccio Testa, Marco Wischmeier, Nicola Vianello, Mikhail Maslov, Patrick Blanchard, Alessandro Pau, Davide Galassi, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antonio José Pereira de Figueiredo, Cristian Sommariva, Jonathan Graves, Emiliano Fable, Dalziel Joseph Wilson, Francesca Maria Poli, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Federico Nespoli, Daniele Brunetti, Anna Teplukhina, Hamish William Patten, Samuel Lanthaler, Haomin Sun, Alberto Mariani, Michele Marin

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have found applications in many image processing tasks, such as feature extraction, image classification, and object recognition. It has also been shown that the inverse of CNNs, so-called deconvolutional neural network ...

2019

Tokamak-agnostic actuator management for multi-task integrated control with application to TCV and ITER

Olivier Sauter, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Cristian Galperti, Mengdi Kong

The plasma control system (PCS) of a long-pulse tokamak must be able to handle multiple control tasks simultaneously, and must be capable of robust event handling with a limited set of actuators. For ITER, this is particularly challenging given the large n ...

2019

Model-based electron density estimation using multiple diagnostics on TCV

Olivier Sauter, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Cristian Galperti

Estimation of the dynamic evolution of the electron plasma density during a tokamak discharge is crucial since it directly affects the plasma performance, confinement and stability. Therefore it needs to be monitored and controlled. Knowledge of the densit ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2023

COREDIV numerical simulation of high neutron rate JET-ILW DD pulses in view of extension to JET-ILW DT experiments

Yiming Li, Olivier Sauter, Martinus Adela Maria Gijs, Jonathan Graves, Ambrogio Fasoli, Basil Duval, Henri Weisen, Richard Pitts, Javier García Hernández, Duccio Testa, Nicola Vianello, Sun Hee Kim, Federico Nespoli, Patrick Blanchard, Alessandro Pau, Davide Galassi, Cristian Sommariva, Hamish William Patten, Samuel Lanthaler, Jan Horacek, Yann Camenen, Bruno Emanuel Ferreira De Sousa Correia, José Pedro Rebelo Ferreira Marques, Mikhail Maslov, Marco Wischmeier, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Dalziel Joseph Wilson, Daniel Scott Alessi, Arnout Lodewijk M Beckers, Ana Francisca Leal Silva Soares, Jonnathan Cesar Hidalgo Acosta, Antonio José Pereira de Figueiredo, Partha Dutta, Pedro Camilo de Oliveira e Silva, Alberto Hernando de Castro, Julio Rodriguez, Vlad Trifa, Li Shuai, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Francesca Maria Poli, Emiliano Fable, Daniele Brunetti, Anna Teplukhina, Haomin Sun, Soo-Jin Moon, Alberto Mariani, Michele Marin, Ricardo Lima

Two high performance JET-ILW pulses, pertaining to the 2016 experimental campaign, have been numerically simulated with the self-consistent code COREDIV with the aim of predicting the ELM-averaged power load to the target when extrapolated to DT plasmas. T ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2019

Overview of the JET preparation for deuterium-tritium operation with the ITER like-wall

For the past several years, the JET scientific programme (Pamela et al 2007 Fusion Eng. Des. 82 590) has been engaged in a multi-campaign effort, including experiments in D, H and T, leading up to 2020 and the first experiments with 50%/50% D-T mixtures si ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2019

Classification of tokamak plasma confinement states with convolutional recurrent neural networks

Alessandro Pau, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici

During a tokamak discharge, the plasma can vary between different confinement regimes: low (L), high (H) and, in some cases, a temporary (intermediate state), called dithering (D). In addition, while the plasma is in H mode, edge localized modes (ELMs) can ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2020

Magnetic control of tokamak plasmas through deep reinforcement learning

Olivier Sauter, Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Ambrogio Fasoli, Jean-Marc Moret, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Cristian Sommariva, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Cristian Galperti, Jonas Buchli, Francesco Carpanese, Federico Pesamosca

Nuclear fusion using magnetic confinement, in particular in the tokamak configuration, is a promising path towards sustainable energy. A core challenge is to shape and maintain a high-temperature plasma within the tokamak vessel. This requires high-dimensi ...

2022

First demonstration of real-time kinetic equilibrium reconstruction on TCV by coupling LIUQE and RAPTOR

Olivier Sauter, Jean-Marc Moret, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Cristian Galperti, Francesco Carpanese

Kinetic equilibrium reconstruction (KER) in tokamaks is the solution of the free-boundary MHD equilibrium that best fits the external magnetic measurements and the internal plasma profiles as imposed from modeling and/or available internal measurements. In ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2020

Observation of magnetic islands in tokamak plasmas during the suppression of edge-localized modes

In tokamaks, a leading platform for fusion energy, periodic filamentary plasma eruptions known as edge-localized modes occur in plasmas with high-energy confinement and steep pressure profiles at the plasma edge. These edge-localized modes could damage the ...

2024

A control oriented strategy of disruption prediction to avoid the configuration collapse of tokamak reactors

Olivier Sauter, Ambrogio Fasoli, Henri Weisen, Duccio Testa, Patrick Blanchard, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Umar Sheikh, Alessandro Pau, Davide Galassi, Cristian Sommariva, Paulo Giovane Paschoali Pereira Puglia, Mike Machielsen, Gino Marceca, Eduardo José Lascas Neto

The objective of thermonuclear fusion consists of producing electricity from the coalescence of light nuclei in high temperature plasmas. The most promising route to fusion envisages the confinement of such plasmas with magnetic fields, whose most studied ...

Nature Research2024

Profile control simulations and experiments on TCV: a controller test environment and results using a model-based predictive controller

Olivier Sauter, Timothy Goodman, Jean-Marc Moret, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Cristian Galperti, Mengdi Kong, Francesco Carpanese, Sun Hee Kim, Doohyun Kim, Anna Teplukhina

The successful performance of a model predictive profile controller is demonstrated in simulations and experiments on the TCV tokamak, employing a profile controller test environment. Stable high-performance tokamak operation in hybrid and advanced plasma ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2017

Role of fast ion pressure in the isotope effect in JET L-mode plasmas

Yiming Li, Olivier Sauter, Richard Pitts, Ambrogio Fasoli, Basil Duval, Henri Weisen, Yann Camenen, Jan Horacek, Javier García Hernández, Duccio Testa, Marco Wischmeier, Nicola Vianello, Mikhail Maslov, Patrick Blanchard, Alessandro Pau, Davide Galassi, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antonio José Pereira de Figueiredo, Cristian Sommariva, Jonathan Graves, Emiliano Fable, Francesca Maria Poli, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Federico Nespoli, Daniele Brunetti, Anna Teplukhina, Hamish William Patten, Samuel Lanthaler, Haomin Sun, Alberto Mariani, Michele Marin

This paper presents results of JET ITER-like wall L-mode experiments in hydrogen and deuterium (D) plasmas, dedicated to the study of the isotope dependence of ion heat transport by determination of the ion critical gradient and stiffness by varying the io ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2019

Design and implementation of a model-based hierarchical architecture for plasma shape control in the TCV tokamak

Olivier Sauter, Stefano Coda, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Cristian Galperti, Adriano Mele, Alessandro Tenaglia

Plasma shape control is a fundamental tool for effective tokamak operation, allowing improved plasma performance and the pursuit of challenging scientific objectives. In this framework, the Tokamak á Configuration Variable (TCV) of the École Polytechnique ...

IOP Publishing2025

Nonlinear excitation of energetic particle driven geodesic acoustic mode by resonance overlap with Alfvén instability in ASDEX Upgrade

Olivier Sauter, Stefano Coda, Basil Duval, Timothy Goodman, Benoît Labit, Laurie Porte, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Umar Sheikh, Simon Van Mulders, Alessandro Pau, Mengdi Kong, Cristian Sommariva

The Alfvén instability nonlinearly excited the energetic-particle-driven geodesic acoustic mode on the ASDEX-Upgrade tokamak, as demonstrated experimentally. The mechanism of the energetic-particle-driven geodesic acoustic mode excitation and the mode nonl ...

Nature Research2025

Towards practical reinforcement learning for tokamak magnetic control

Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Jonas Buchli, Cristian Galperti

Reinforcement learning (RL) has shown promising results for real-time control systems, including the domain of plasma magnetic control. However, there are still significant drawbacks compared to traditional feedback control approaches for magnetic confinem ...

Elsevier Science Sa2024

Overview of ASDEX Upgrade results

Olivier Sauter, Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Cristian Sommariva, Laurie Porte, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Haomin Sun, Yann Camenen, Marco Wischmeier, Nicola Vianello, Alberto Bottino, Emiliano Fable, Andrea Scarabosio, Doohyun Kim, Dávid Wágner, Thomas Binderup Jensen

The ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) programme is directed towards physics input to critical elements of the ITER design and the preparation of ITER operation, as well as addressing physics issues for a future DEMO design. Since 2015, AUG is equipped with a new pair of ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2017

Design of a novel plasma shape controller for the TCV tokamak

Olivier Sauter, Stefano Coda, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Cristian Galperti, Adriano Mele, Alessandro Tenaglia

Tokamaks are experimental nuclear fusion reactors that exploit magnetic-field-generating coils to confine a plasma. In these devices, plasma shape control is crucial to achieving high performance and pursuing challenging scientific objectives. With its lar ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024

Modification of the Alfven wave spectrum by pellet injection

Yiming Li, Olivier Sauter, Richard Pitts, Ambrogio Fasoli, Basil Duval, Henri Weisen, Yann Camenen, Jan Horacek, Javier García Hernández, Duccio Testa, Marco Wischmeier, Nicola Vianello, Mikhail Maslov, Patrick Blanchard, Alessandro Pau, Davide Galassi, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antonio José Pereira de Figueiredo, Cristian Sommariva, Jonathan Graves, Emiliano Fable, Francesca Maria Poli, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Federico Nespoli, Daniele Brunetti, Anna Teplukhina, Hamish William Patten, Samuel Lanthaler, Haomin Sun, Soo-Jin Moon, Alberto Mariani, Michele Marin, Ricardo Lima

Alfven eigenmodes driven by energetic particles are routinely observed in tokamak plasmas. These modes consist of poloidal harmonics of shear Alfven waves coupled by inhomogeneity in the magnetic field. Further coupling is introduced by 3D inhomogeneities ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2019