通过深度强化学习避免聚变等离子体撕裂的不稳定性
Jaemin Seo1,2, SangKyeun Kim1,3, Azarakhsh Jalalvand1
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Nature
|February 21, 2024
概括
使用托卡马克训练的人工智能 (AI)
科学领域:
- 核聚变能源研究
- 血物理
- 控制系统工程
背景情况:
- 稳定的托卡马克操作需要积极控制以防止血中断.
- 撕裂的不稳定性是造成中断的主要原因,
- 之前的工作开发了一个动态模型来预测撕裂不稳定的可能性.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个人工智能驱动的控制系统来防止托卡马克破坏性的撕裂不稳定性.
- 在强化学习框架内利用多模式动态模型进行自动化控制.
- 为了证明人工智能控制器在维持稳定的等离子体操作中的有效性.
主要方法:
- 开发了一种多式动态模型来估计未来的撕裂不稳定性.
- 使用该模型作为强化学习 (AI) 的培训环境.
- 在DIII-D托卡马克上实现并测试了AI控制器.
主要成果:
- 人工智能控制器成功降低了破坏性撕裂不稳定的可能性.
- 在具有挑战性的条件下 (低安全系数,低扭矩) 保持破裂不稳定性.
- 该控制器实现了稳定的等离子跟踪和H模式性能,超过了传统方法.
结论:
- 在预测动态模型上训练的人工智能控制有效地防止了托卡马克等离子体的破坏.
- 这种方法为未来的核聚变反应堆 (如ITER) 提供了稳定的高性能等离子体场景.
- 为了推进核聚变能源生产,自动化防止不稳定性至关重要.
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