Alessandro Pau

EPFL SB SPC-TH
PPB 115 (Bâtiment PPB)
Station 13
1015 Lausanne

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Peizheng Zhang, Jean-Pierre Thomas Svantner, Cristina Venturini

Courses

Control and Operation of Tokamaks

PHYS-748

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.