Antoine Merle

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antoine.merle@epfl.ch +41 21 693 65 59

EPFL SB SPC-TH
PPB 124 (Bâtiment PPB)
Station 13
1015 Lausanne

+41 21 693 65 59
Office:  PPB 124
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Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Heiss Cosmas Quirin Lorenz, Van Parys Guillaume Raphäel Hervé,

Courses

Magnetic confinement

To provide an overview of the fundamentals of magnetic confinement (MC) of plasmas for fusion.The different MC configurations are presented, with a description of their operating regimes.The basic elements of particle & energy transport, of plasma-wall interaction & of burning plasma are introduced.

Control and Operation of Tokamaks

This course treats the main issues in operation and control of a tokamak. Control-oriented models are derived and controllers are designed using techniques from modern control theory. Operational limits are discussed as well as state-of-the-art research questions for future reactors.