Kinetic modeling of H-mode pedestal with effects from anomalous transport and MHD stability
Scaling of the H-mode pedestal in tokamak plasmas with type I ELMs and dependence of the pedestal properties and the resulting divertor head load width with the plasma elongation and plasma current are investigated using the kinetic neoclassical XGC0 code for DIII-D and Alcator C-Mod tokamaks. The s...
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| Date: | 2011 |
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| Language: | English |
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Національний науковий центр «Харківський фізико-технічний інститут» НАН України
2011
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| Series: | Вопросы атомной науки и техники |
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| Online Access: | http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/90592 |
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| Journal Title: | Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| Cite this: | Kinetic modeling of H-mode pedestal with effects from anomalous transport and MHD stability / A.Y. Pan’kin, G.Y. Park, J. Cummings, C.S. Chang, G. Bateman, D. Bunner, R.J. Groebner, J.W. Hughes, B. LaBombard, J.L. Terry, A.H. Kritz, S. Ku, T. Rafiq, P.B. Snyder // Вопросы атомной науки и техники. — 2011. — № 1. — С. 8-12. — Бібліогр.: 6 назв. — англ. |
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Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine| Summary: | Scaling of the H-mode pedestal in tokamak plasmas with type I ELMs and dependence of the pedestal properties and the resulting divertor head load width with the plasma elongation and plasma current are investigated using the kinetic neoclassical XGC0 code for DIII-D and Alcator C-Mod tokamaks. The simulations in this study use realistic diverted geometry and are self-consistent with the inclusion of kinetic neoclassical physics, theory-based anomalous transport models with the E×B flow shearing effects, as well as an MHD ELM triggering criterion. Scalings for the pedestal width and height are developed as a function of the scanned plasma parameters. The nonlinear interplay between anomalous and neoclassical effects motivates the development of a self-consistent simulation model that includes neoclassical and anomalous effects simultaneously. It is demonstrated that the divertor heat load width depend on the plasma currents. In the development of this dependence, effects of neutral collisions and anomalous transport are taken into account. Changes in the neoclassical divertor heat load fluxes associated with the introduction of the neutral collision and anomalous transport effects are described. |
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