Predicting core and edge transport barriers in tokamaks using the GLF23 drift-wave transport model
- Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 (United States)
The density and temperature profiles are predicted in core and edge transport barriers in the DIII-D tokamak [J. L. Luxon and L. G. Davis, Fusion Technol. 8, 441 (1985)] using the GLF23 drift-wave model. The GLF23 model has been retuned to yield a better fit to the linear gyrokinetic growth rates for reversed magnetic shear and H-mode pedestal parameters. The turbulent saturation levels are determined using nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations. Using a large profile database, it is found that the retuned and original GLF23 models yield comparable results for discharges with monotonic safety factor profiles and no discernable internal transport barriers (ITBs). Examples of using retuned GLF23 model to predict the temperature profiles in simulations of several DIII-D strongly reversed magnetic shear ITB discharges are provided. Particle transport simulations show that the model is successful in predicting the density profile in discharges without ITBs but that some additional background particle diffusivity is needed in order to reproduce the measured density profiles within the barrier region of ITB plasmas where the ion temperature gradient and trapped electron mode transport have been quenched by rotational shear stabilization.
- OSTI ID:
- 20722076
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 12; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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