High-performance finite-difference time-domain simulations of C-Mod and ITER RF antennas
Abstract
Finite-difference time-domain methods have, in recent years, developed powerful capabilities for modeling realistic ICRF behavior in fusion plasmas [1, 2, 3, 4]. When coupled with the power of modern high-performance computing platforms, such techniques allow the behavior of antenna near and far fields, and the flow of RF power, to be studied in realistic experimental scenarios at previously inaccessible levels of resolution. In this talk, we present results and 3D animations from high-performance FDTD simulations on the Titan Cray XK7 supercomputer, modeling both Alcator C-Mod’s field-aligned ICRF antenna and the ITER antenna module. Much of this work focuses on scans over edge density, and tailored edge density profiles, to study dispersion and the physics of slow wave excitation in the immediate vicinity of the antenna hardware and SOL. An understanding of the role of the lower-hybrid resonance in low-density scenarios is emerging, and possible implications of this for the NSTX launcher and power balance are also discussed. In addition, we discuss ongoing work centered on using these simulations to estimate sputtering and impurity production, as driven by the self-consistent sheath potentials at antenna surfaces.
- Authors:
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- Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1567384
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 1689
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Physics
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Jenkins, Thomas G., and Smithe, David N. High-performance finite-difference time-domain simulations of C-Mod and ITER RF antennas. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4936468.
Jenkins, Thomas G., & Smithe, David N. High-performance finite-difference time-domain simulations of C-Mod and ITER RF antennas. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936468
Jenkins, Thomas G., and Smithe, David N. Thu .
"High-performance finite-difference time-domain simulations of C-Mod and ITER RF antennas". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936468. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1567384.
@article{osti_1567384,
title = {High-performance finite-difference time-domain simulations of C-Mod and ITER RF antennas},
author = {Jenkins, Thomas G. and Smithe, David N.},
abstractNote = {Finite-difference time-domain methods have, in recent years, developed powerful capabilities for modeling realistic ICRF behavior in fusion plasmas [1, 2, 3, 4]. When coupled with the power of modern high-performance computing platforms, such techniques allow the behavior of antenna near and far fields, and the flow of RF power, to be studied in realistic experimental scenarios at previously inaccessible levels of resolution. In this talk, we present results and 3D animations from high-performance FDTD simulations on the Titan Cray XK7 supercomputer, modeling both Alcator C-Mod’s field-aligned ICRF antenna and the ITER antenna module. Much of this work focuses on scans over edge density, and tailored edge density profiles, to study dispersion and the physics of slow wave excitation in the immediate vicinity of the antenna hardware and SOL. An understanding of the role of the lower-hybrid resonance in low-density scenarios is emerging, and possible implications of this for the NSTX launcher and power balance are also discussed. In addition, we discuss ongoing work centered on using these simulations to estimate sputtering and impurity production, as driven by the self-consistent sheath potentials at antenna surfaces.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4936468},
journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
number = ,
volume = 1689,
place = {United States},
year = {2015},
month = {12}
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