Frequency and phase tracking using Kalman filters

D.P. Borgers, M. Lauret, P.W.J.M. Nuij, M.R. Baar, de, M. Steinbuch

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To succesfully suppress rotating magnetic islands in large tokamaks such as ASDEX-U and ITER (which is currently under construction), the rotation frequency and the phase of the islands need to be tracked accurately in realtime. In previous experiments on the TEXTOR tokamak, this was achieved using a phase-locked loop (PLL). However, the required frequency range in which the islands need to be tracked for island control on ASDEX-U is too large for a PLL. In this report an adaptive extended Kalman filter (AEKF) and adaptive unscented Kalman filter (AUKF) are presented and applied to the problem of tracking periodic signals with time-varying frequency and amplitude. Also a high-gain observer is considered, which appeared to be unsuited for this specific problem. The performance of the AEKF and AUKF using several signal models is evaluated using simulations. From these simulations it is concluded that the AEKF and AUKF are able to track the frequency and phase of periodic signals in a much larger range than a PLL. Tests on real data from the TEXTOR plant revealed that the AEKF is not always able to track magnetic islands, the AUKF is much more robust and also performed well on real data, which shows that the unscented Kalman filter is a good candidate for tracking the frequency and phase of magnetic islands.
Originele taal-2Engels
Plaats van productieEindhoven
UitgeverijEindhoven University of Technology
Aantal pagina's41
StatusGepubliceerd - 2012

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Volume2012.036

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