A. SABBAGH J.W. BERKERY Y.S. PARK J.H. AHN Y. JIANG J.D. RIQUEZES J. BUTT J. BIALEK J.G. BAK M.J. CHOI S.H. HAHN J. KIM J. KO W.H. KO J.W. LEE J.H. LEE K.D. LEE L. TERZOLO S.W. YOON R.E. BELL M.D. BOYER K. ERICKSON B. LEBLANC M. PODESTA Z.R.WANG J. YOO C. HAM A. KIRK L. KOGAN D. RYAN A. THORNTON J. HOLLOCOMBE F.M. LEVINTON M.GALLANTE
Disruption prediction and avoidance is critical for ITER and reactor-scale tokamaks to maintain steady plasma operation and to avoid damage to device components. The present status and results from the disruption event characterization and forecasting (DECAF) research effort are shown. The DECAF paradigm is primarily physics-based and provides q…
PreprintJ. Morris M. Coleman S. Kahn A. J. Pearce D. Short J. E. Cook S. Desai L. Humprey M. Kovari J. Maddock D. Vaccaro
As the EUROfusion EU-DEMO design programme approaches the transition between the pre-conceptual and conceptual design phase the systems code PROCESS has been improved to incorporate more detailed plasma physics, engineering and analysis modules. Unlike many systems codes PROCESS combines the physics modelling with both technology and costs analysis…
PreprintM. Fulvio L. Aho-Mantila R. Ambrosino T. Body H. Bufferand G. Calabro’ G. Ciraolo D. Coster G. Di Gironimo P. Fanelli N. Fedorczak A. Herrmann P. Innocente R. Kembleton T. Lunt D. Marzullo S. Merriman D. Moulton A. Nielsen J. Omotani G. Ramogida H. Reimerdes M. Reinhart P. Ricci F. Riva A. Stegmeir F. Subba W. Suttrop P. Tamain M. Teschke A. Thrysoe W. Treutterer S. Varoutis M. Wensing M. Wischmeier l. Y. Xiang J. Lilburne A. Wilde
A comparison between different alternative divertor configurations, in terms of benefits and additional complexity is carried out for the European DEMO. A synergetic approach between different aspects of the problem, including physics and engineering, provides new insight on the capabilities of the new divertors to handle the exhausted power wit…
PreprintT. Adkins A. A. Schekochihin P. G. Ivanov C. M. Roach
Electromagnetic instabilities and turbulence driven by the electron-temperature gradient are considered in a local slab model of a tokamak-like plasma, with constant equilibrium gradients (including magnetic drifts but no magnetic shear). The model describes perturbations at scales both larger and smaller than the electron inertial scale de…
Preprint PublishedC. W. W. Haddon A. I. Blair F. Schoofs D. P. Hampshire
Simulations based on time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau theory are employed to determine the critical current for a model system which represents a Nb–Ti-like pinning landscape at low drawing strain. The system consists of ellipsoids of normal metal, with dimensions 60ξ × 3ξ × 3ξ, randomly distributed throughout the superconducting bulk with t…
Preprint PublishedJ. W. Berkery S. A. Sabbagh L. Kogan D. Ryan J. M. Bialek Y. Jiang D. J. Battaglia S. Gibson C. Ham
Reconstructions of plasma equilibria using magnetic sensors and a Dα constraint were routine during operation of the MAST spherical tokamak, but reconstructions using kinetic profiles was not. These are necessary for stability and disruption analysis of the MAST database, as well as going forward for operation in the upgrade to the device, MAST…
Preprint PublishedJ. Shimwell J. Billingsley R Delaporte-Mathurin D. Morbey M. Bluteau P.Shriwise
During the design process of fusion reactors it is desirable to rapidly prototype different design concepts and assess their suitability against a range of high level requirements. This helps to narrow the design window and scope out potential designs which can undergo further more detailed analysis. The Paramak is an open-source tool that aims …
Preprint PublishedC J Ham A Bokshi D Brunetti G Bustos Ramirez B Chapman J W Connor D Dickinson A R Field J P Graves T Kiviniemi S Leerink B McMillan S Newton S Pamela C M Roach S Saarelma J Simpson S F Smith P Strand A Virtanen the JET Contributors*
The pedestal plays an important role in determining the confinement in tokamak H-mode plasmas. However, the steep pressure gradients in this transport barrier also lead to edge localized modes (ELMs) [1]. There is good understanding of the pedestal in type I ELM regimes [2], however, type I ELMs are known to damage plasma facing components and f…
Preprint PublishedP. Ollus R. Akers H. El-Haroun D. Keeling T. Kurki-Suonio R. Sharma A. Snicker J. Varje MAST-U Team MST1 Team
The ASCOT orbit-following code has been equipped with a model for simulating charge exchange (CX) of fast ions with background atoms in magnetically confined fusion plasmas. The model was successfully verified by comparing simulated reaction mean free paths to analytical values across a range of fusion-relevant parameters. ASCOT was used to simulat…
Preprint PublishedTingting Wu Hongda He Yueqiang Liu L. Li,Guoliang Xia Lina Zhou
A systematic numerical investigation of the n =1 ( n is the toroidal mode number) internal kink mode (IKM) stability is carried out, for a conventional aspect ratio tokamak plasma in the presence of parallel equilibrium flow or its poloidal/toroidal projections. The computational results, obtained utilizing the recently updated MARS-F code [Y. Q…
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