Title: Nonlinear simulation and energy analysis of the EAST coherent mode

Journal Article · · Nuclear Fusion
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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Hefei (China); Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Hefei (China)
  3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Hefei (China); Hengyang Normal University (China)
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The EAST coherent modes (CMs) during the inter-ELM phase are simulated by the electromagnetic six-field two-fluid module in BOUT++ framework. The fluctuation level of the electrostatic potential, electron pressure and density perturbations are comparable to the experiments, and the simulated electrostatic perturbation is around two orders of magnitude larger than the magnetic one in EAST CM. The frequency and poloidal wave number are consistent with experiments in the simulations of EAST CM equilibriums. The energy transfer between three-wave coupling indicates that the energy tends to transfer from medium-n to low-n modes in the early nonlinear phase, and the modes coupling effect in the nonlinear saturation phase is larger than that in the early nonlinear phase. Both the energy transfer and bispectral analysis show that the Ni fluctuation tends to generate the 'single-mode' coupling and Te tends to be 'multiple-mode', which indicates that the collapse of the density profile is larger than the electron temperature. The relative phase analysis is applied to evaluate whether the turbulence can extract the energy from density and temperature profiles. The result indicates that the density profile provides much more energy to drive the turbulence than electron temperature. The kinetic and magnetic energy transfer rates are used to understand the instability and turbulence driving mechanisms of the EAST CM. In the linear phase of the nonlinear simulation, the instability is driven by the peeling-ballooning mode and drift-Alfven wave (DAW), and the radial electric field and shear Alfven wave have large suppressing effects. The turbulence of EAST CM is a predominantly electrostatic mode, which corresponds to the Reynolds stress seven times larger than Maxwell stress. In addition, the effect of the electrostatic part in DAW is much larger than the electromagnetic one.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1830469
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL--829244; 1045110
Journal Information:
Nuclear Fusion, Journal Name: Nuclear Fusion Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 60; ISSN 0029-5515
Publisher:
IOP ScienceCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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