Modeling of the HL-2A plasma vertical displacement control system based on deep learning and its controller design

Abstract

The modeling and control of the plasma equilibrium response is still one of the more important research areas in tokamak discharge experiments. Although theoretically, first principles can predict the plasma instability, how to build a physical model for accurate prediction is still a challenging problem. Therefore, a deep learning method is proposed to model the plasma vertical displacement system in the HL-2A tokamak experiment, whose method expands the modeling strategy for tokamak plasma control systems. Through the training of a large number of high-dimensional experimental data, the obtained deep neural network model in this paper has a higher precision prediction ability. Additionally, to illustrate the significance of the predictive model in controller design, a data-driven adaptive control algorithm is proposed to replace the traditional proportional-integral-derivative control algorithm for controlling the vertical displacement of plasma. The simulation results showed that the proposed algorithm had less adjustable parameters, strong self-adaptability, and effective control for the HL-2A plasma vertical displacement.