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A locked mode indicator for disruption prediction on JET and ASDEX upgrade

    • University of Cagliari
    • University of Padua
    • Aalto University
    • University of Helsinki

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    Abstract

    The aim of this paper is to present a signal processing algorithm that, applied to the raw Locked Mode signal, allows us to obtain a disruption indicator in principle exploitable on different tokamaks. A common definition of such an indicator for different machines would facilitate the development of portable systems for disruption prediction, which is becoming of increasingly importance for the next tokamak generations. Moreover, the indicator allows us to overcome some intrinsic problems in the diagnostic system such as drift and offset. The behavior of the proposed indicator as disruption predictor, based on crossing optimized thresholds of the signal amplitude, has been analyzed using data of both JET and ASDEX Upgrade experiments. A thorough analysis of the disruption prediction performance shows how the indicator is able to recover some missed and tardy detections of the raw signal. Moreover, it intervenes and corrects premature or even wrong alarms due to, e.g., drifts and/or offsets.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)254-266
    JournalFusion Engineering and Design
    Volume138
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Funding

    This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and received funding from the EURATOM research and training programme 2014–2018 under grant agreement No 633053.

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    Keywords

    • Disruption indicators
    • Disruption prediction
    • Feature extraction
    • Locked mode signal
    • Tokamak

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