AbstractBased on present achievements in tokamak control and considering requirements for reactor-oriented research, a next generation discharge control system is presented. Decomposition of control functions mapped onto dedicated controllers and diagnostics gives a distributed system integrated with a common real-time network to publish process and reference values. Basic mechanisms for cycle administration, data exchange and process management of the prototype system currently being implemented are shown.
The IFMIF-DONES control architecture: the state-of-the-art design of central and local control systems and communication networks