A real-time data acquisition and elaboration system for instabilities control in the FTU tokamak

A real-time data acquisition and elaboration system is being implemented
to control the new ECH launcher recently installed at FTU (Frascati
Tokamak Upgrade). The system is aimed at controlling different kinds of
magnetohydrodynamic instabilities, in particular the deleterious 3/2 and
2/1 (neoclassical) tearing modes, (N)TM, and the saw teeth period in
order to prevent the seeding of NTMs. The complete system is presented
here together with preliminary offline and real-time tests. © 2001
Elsevier Science.