Data Acquisition and Automation for Plasma Rotation Diagnostic in the TCABR Tokamak

G. Ronchi, J. H.F. Severo, W. P. De Sá, R. M.O. Galvão

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Abstract

In this work we describe the implementation of a full modular system of data acquisition and processing for the plasma rotation diagnostic in the TCABR tokamak. The experimental setup uses a single monochromator and six photomultipliers (PMT), in which pair of PMTs measures the light at slightly different wavelengths. Thus, it can measure the time evolution of the Doppler shift of the impurities emission lines coming from three spatial positions (one for toroidal rotation and two for poloidal rotation). The data acquisition and preanalysis program were written with LabVIEW software and is capable of controlling the spectrometer wavelength, PMTs power supplies, data acquisition, and storage. All data are recorded in MDSplus trees that easily allow data visualization and post-processing analysis (both locally and remotely) via MATLAB, Python, Java and others programming languages. This system can run independently from other diagnostics and machine systems and can be integrated with the main tokamak control system by means of TCP/IP messages.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012007
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume591
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 24 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event15th Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics, LAWPP 2014 and 21st IAEA TM on Research Using Small Fusion Devices, RUSFD 2014 - San Jose, Costa Rica
Duration: Jan 27 2014Jan 31 2014

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