In this paper we present the FreeGSNKE Pulse Design Tool (FPDT), an open-source, purely Python-based computational framework that enables in silico predictive design and testing of experimental tokamak plasma scenarios and control strategies. The FPDT couples FreeGSNKE’s evolutive equilibrium solver with a new virtual Plasma Control System (PCS),…
The Grad–Shafranov (GS) equation is a nonlinear elliptic partial differential equation that governs the ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium of a tokamak plasma. Previous studies have demonstrated the existence of multiple solutions to the GS equation when solved in idealistic geometries with simplified plasma current density profiles and bounda…
