3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
Experimental validation of a fast control-oriented, physics-informed surrogate model for plasma equilibrium reconstruction in the TCV tokamak
M. Grandin, A. Mele, C. Galperti +5
Magnetic equilibrium reconstruction provides the plasma state estimate required for real-time shape control in tokamaks. We present a fast, physics-informed neural network surrogat…
physics.plasm-ph2025
First experimental demonstration of plasma shape control in a tokamak through Model Predictive Control
Adriano Mele, Maria A. Topalova, Cristian Galperti +3
In this work, a Model Predictive Controller (MPC) is proposed to control the plasma shape in the Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV). The proposed controller relies on models ob…
physics.plasm-ph2025
Implementation of an ITER-relevant QP-based Current Limit Avoidance algorithm in the TCV tokamak
D. Frattolillo, A. Mele, C. Galperti +11
The problem of avoiding saturation of the coil currents is critical in large tokamaks with superconducting coils like ITER. Indeed, if the current limits are reached, a loss of con…