E. Havlíčková J. Harrison B. Lipschultz G. Fishpool A. Kirk A. Thornton M. Wischmeier S. Elmore S. Allan
SOLPS simulations of MAST-U have been carried out to identify in more detail the physics and operational properties of novel divertor configurations such as Super-X divertor (SXD), in particular the physics of detachment. A well diagnosed L-mode discharge from MAST has been utilised to determine L-mode transport coefficients representative for MAST…
Preprint PublishedE. Havlickova M. Wischmeier B. Lipschultz G. Fishpool
An impurity seeding scan has been simulated in three different divertor configurations of MAST-U, showing the effect of the divertor geometry on the transition to detachment. The three configurations include a conventional short divertor, a Super-X divertorwith large poloidal flux expansion and a Super-X divertor with small poloidal flux expansion.…
Preprint PublishedJ.T. Omotani B.D. Dudson E. Havlícková M. Umansky
Non-local closures allow kinetic effects on parallel transport to be included in fluid simulations. This is especially important in the scrape-off layer, but to be useful there the non-local model requires consistent kinetic boundary conditions at the sheath. A non-local closure scheme based on solution of a kinetic equation using a diagonalized mo…
Preprint PublishedL. Easy F. Militello J. Omotani B. Dudson E. Havlícková P. Tamain V. Naulin A. H. Nielsen
This paper presents simulations of isolated 3D filaments in a slab geometry obtained using a newly developed 3D reduced fluid code, written using the BOUT þþ framework. First, systematic scans were performed to investigate how the dynamics of a filament are affected by its amplitude, perpendicular size, and parallel extent. The perpendicular size…
PublishedE. Havlícková W. Fundamenski M. Wischmeier G. Fishpool A.W. Morris
One of the first studies of MAST Upgrade divertor configurations with SOLPS5.0 are presented. We focus on understanding main prospects associated with the novel geometry of the Super-X divertor (SXD). This includes a discussion of the effect of magnetic flux expansion and volumetric power losses on the reduction of target power loads, the effect of…
PublishedA.E. Havlicková W. Fundamenski F. Subba D. Coster M. Wischmeier G. Fishpool
A 1D code modelling SOL transport parallel to the magnetic field (SOLF1D) is benchmarked with 2D simulations of MAST-U SOL performed via the SOLPS code for two different collisionalities. Based on this comparison, SOLF1D is then used to model the effects of divertor leg stretching in 1D, in support of the planned Super-X divertor on MAST. The aim i…
PublishedE. Havlícková W. Fundamenski M. Wischmeier G. Fishpool D. Coster
As part of preparations for the new Super-X divertor (SXD) on MAST, the influence of long divertor leg is modelled by SOL transport codes. The SOLPS5.0 package is used to study the effect of the expanded divertor in two dimensions and a comparison between the conventional geometry (standard short divertor) and the SXD geometry is presented. We focu…
PublishedW.Fundamenski T.Eich D.Moulton F.Militello C.Lowry G.Maddison E.Havlickova D.Ward R.Kemp M.Wischmeier D.C.Mcdonald
Recent infra-red measurements of divertor power loads on JET and AUG [1], revealed that the inter-ELM power width at the outer mid-plane in attached ELMy H-modes does not exhibit any noticeable scaling with machine size [1]. Making use of these results to calculate the effective radial heat diffusivity, and then including this in parametrized expre…
PublishedE Havlicková W Fundamenski D Tskhakaya G Manfredi D Moulton
Parallel transport associated with Type I ELM filaments in the scrape-off layer (SOL) is studied by means of three computational approaches – fluid, Vlasov and particle-in-cell (PIC). These techniques are benchmarked for convective transients by analyzing power fluxes at the target. In spite of kinetic effects due to fast electrons which are not …
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