Steady-State Operation Control of Gyrotrons in Support of Long Pulse Plasma Operation in EAST

Abstract

In order to realize the 1000 s long pulse operation of the ECRH (Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating) system on EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak), we developed an ECRH steady-state operation control system. Four working modes were designed, namely manual restart mode, automatic restart mode, timed alternate operation mode, and protection trigger alternate operation mode. The FPGA-based NI cRIO was used as the control device, and the LabVIEW was used to write the program. The system has a quick response and accurate timing sequence, and can realize the long-pulse steady-state operation of the gyrotrons in EAST ECRH system. The steady-state operation control system has been verified in nearly two rounds of EAST experiments, helping EAST achieve the 1056 s long pulse discharge.