Development of a data acquisition and control system for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor neutron flux monitor

Zihao LIU (刘子豪); Xiang ZHOU (周翔); Renjie ZHU (朱仁杰); Li ZHAO (赵丽); Lingfeng WEI (魏凌峰); Zejie YIN (阴泽杰)

doi:10.1088/2058-6272/ab46e0

Plasma Science and Technology > 2020 > 22(1): 15601-015601. > DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/ab46e0

Zihao LIU (刘子豪), Xiang ZHOU (周翔), Renjie ZHU (朱仁杰), Li ZHAO (赵丽), Lingfeng WEI (魏凌峰), Zejie YIN (阴泽杰). Development of a data acquisition and control system for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor neutron flux monitor[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2020, 22(1): 15601-015601. DOI: 10.1088/2058-6272/ab46e0

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Development of a data acquisition and control system for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor neutron flux monitor

¹ State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
² Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
³ Center for Fusion Science of Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, People's Republic of China

Funds: This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11375195 and 11575184) and the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Energy Development Research (No. 2013GB104003).

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Received Date: July 07, 2019
Revised Date: September 18, 2019
Accepted Date: September 22, 2019

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To satisfy high-precision, wide-range, and real-time neutron flux measurement requirements by the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a data acquisition and control system based on fission chamber detectors and fast controller technology, has been developed for neutron flux monitor in ITER Equatorial Port #7. The signal processing units which are based on a field programmable gate array and the PXI Express platform are designed to realize the neutron flux measurement with 1 ms time resolution and a fast response less than 0.2 ms, together with real-time timestamps provided by a timing board. The application of the widerange algorithm allows the system to measure up to 1010 cps with a relative error of less than 5%. Furthermore, the system is managed and controlled by a software based on the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System, compliant with COntrol, Data Access and Communication architecture.
- neutron flux monitor,
- data acquisition,
- CODAC,
- EPICS

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Development of a data acquisition and control system for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor neutron flux monitor