Towards a new image processing system at Wendelstein 7-X: From spatial calibration to characterization of thermal events

W7-X Team

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Towards a new image processing system at Wendelstein 7-X: From spatial calibration to characterization of thermal events

W7-X Team

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Abstract

Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is the most advanced fusion experiment in the stellarator line and is aimed at proving that the stellarator concept is suitable for a fusion reactor. One of the most important issues for fusion reactors is the monitoring of plasma facing components when exposed to very high heat loads, through the use of visible and infrared (IR) cameras. In this paper, a new image processing system for the analysis of the strike lines on the inboard limiters from the first W7-X experimental campaign is presented. This system builds a model of the IR cameras through the use of spatial calibration techniques, helping to characterize the strike lines by using the information given by real spatial coordinates of each pixel. The characterization of the strike lines is made in terms of position, size, and shape, after projecting the camera image in a 2D grid which tries to preserve the curvilinear surface distances between points. The description of the strike-line shape is made by means of the Fourier Descriptors.

Original language	English
Article number	123503
Journal	Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume	89
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5045560
State	Published - Dec 1 2018

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This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014–2018 and 2019–2020 under Grant Agreement No. 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.

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Horizon 2020 Framework Programme	633053
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
H2020 Euratom

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Towards a new image processing system at Wendelstein 7-X: From spatial calibration to characterization of thermal events

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