SOLPS-ITER validation with TCV L-mode discharges

Wensing, M.; Reimerdes, H.; Février, O.; Colandrea, C.; Martinelli, L.; Verhaegh, K.; Bagnato, F.; Blanchard, P.; Vincent, B.; Perek, A.; Gorno, S.; de Oliveira, H.; Theiler, C.; Duval, B. P.; Tsui, C. K.; Baquero-Ruiz, M.; Wischmeier, M.

doi:10.1063/5.0056216

Title: SOLPS-ITER validation with TCV L-mode discharges

Journal Article · 20 August 2021 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0056216 · OSTI ID:1851396

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Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (EPFL Switzerland). Swiss Plasma Center (SPC); Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (EPFL Switzerland)
Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (EPFL Switzerland). Swiss Plasma Center (SPC)
Culham Sci Ctr, CCFE, Abingdon Oxon (United Kingdom)
Dutch Inst. for Fundamental Energy Research, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States). Center for Energy Research (CER)
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching bei München (Germany)

This work presents a quantitative test of SOLPS-ITER simulations against tokamak a configuration variable (TCV) L-mode experiments. These simulations account for drifts, currents, kinetic neutrals, and carbon impurities providing the most complete edge transport simulations for TCV to date. The comparison is performed on nominally identical discharges carried out to assess the effectiveness of TCV’s divertor baffles in the framework of the European Plasma Exhaust program and employs numerous edge diagnostics providing a detailed code-experiment benchmark for TCV. The simulations show a qualitative consistency, but the quantitative differences remain, which are assessed herein. It is found that, for a given separatrix density, the simulations most notably yield a colder, and denser, divertor state with a higher divertor neutral pressure than measured.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Contributing Organization:: TCV Team; MST1 Team

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010529

OSTI ID:: 1851396

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 28; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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