Testing the {rho}{sub {asterisk}} scaling of thermal transport models: Predicted and measured temperatures in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor dimensionless scaling experiments
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 (United States)
- Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 (United States)
Theoretical predictions of ion and electron thermal diffusivities are tested by comparing calculated and measured temperatures in low (L) mode plasmas from the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor [D. J. Grove and D. M. Meade, Nucl. Fusion {bold 25}, 1167 (1985)] nondimensional scaling experiments. The DIII-D [J. L. Luxon and L. G. Davis, Fusion Technol. {bold 8}, 441 (1985)] L-mode {rho}{sub {asterisk}} scalings, the transport models of Rebut-Lallia-Watkins (RLW), Boucher`s modification of RLW, and the Institute for Fusion Studies-Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (IFS-PPPL) model for transport due to ion temperature gradient modes are tested. The predictions use the measured densities in order to include the effects of density profile shape variations on the transport models. The uncertainties in the measured and predicted temperatures are discussed. The predictions based on the DIII-D scalings are within the measurement uncertainties. All the theoretical models predict a more favorable {rho}{sub {asterisk}} dependence for the ion temperatures than is seen. Preliminary estimates indicate that sheared flow stabilization is important for some discharges, and that inclusion of its effects may bring the predictions of the IFS-PPPL model into agreement with the experiments. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 662003
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 4, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: May 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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