Wendelstein 7-X at the Greifswald branch of IPP is a large stellarator with modular superconducting coils which enable steady state plasma operation in order to explore the reactor relevance of this concept.
Such an experimental project requires high safety standards and here the ASE AG "comes into play".
During the up to 30 minute lasting plasma operation the experiment hall is bolted by a 1.80-m-thick gate of radiation protection concrete.
In the experiment hall an intelligent CCTV-system conceived by ASE is used for the visual and auditive surveillance. A total of 15 network cameras and 11 microphones supervise the operation from different floor levels. The picture and sound data are stored on a central high-performance industrial server and are integrated to the process control station PCS/7 (Siemens).
With the ASE audio- and video surveillance system deviations can be discovered and possible failures can be early diagnosed. Detected failures release an alarm.
Moreover, with these picture and audio data it is possible to evaluate failures during the plasma operation.
We are very proud that we might support the Max-Planck-Institute in this pioneering project.
