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Title: Validation of 3D MHD simulations of Ne/D2 mixed shattered pellet injection in JET

Journal Article · · Nuclear Fusion
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  1. Consorzio RFX, Padova (Italy); Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Padova (Italy)
  2. Beihang Univ., Beijing (China)
  3. Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (EPFL) (Switzerland)
  4. CEA, IRFM, Saint Paul Lez Durance (France)
  5. ITER Organization, St. Paul Lez Durance (France)
  6. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  7. United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Abingdon (United Kingdom)
  8. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching (Germany)
  9. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  10. Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Devens, MA (United States)

Nonlinear 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling of shattered pellet injection (SPI) in JET tokamak plasmas is performed with the JOREK code. The study focuses on the validation of simulation result with respect to experimental observations, addressing in particular figures of merit for the efficiency of the SPI, as a technique to mitigate thermal loads by injecting radiative impurities like neon during the thermal quench (TQ) phase of disruptions. A set of JET pulses with neon/deuterium atomic mixture ratio in the shattered pellet varying from 10% to 100% provides the experimental data to be compared with. Simulations using different models for the ablation of solid fragments and the radiation of neon impurities are considered. Synthetic diagnostics are employed for a direct quantitative comparison with key JET diagnostic systems providing in particular radiation, electron temperature and density, and magnetic measurements. 3D radiation structures from MHD simulations are analyzed to estimate the toroidal asymmetry of radiation, which is difficult to measure in JET due to the presence of only two toroidally displaced multi-channel bolometry systems. JOREK simulations show that, before the TQ, the bulk of the radiation is concentrated in a toroidal region enclosing the radiating fragments that is missed by both multi-channel bolometers, suggesting a possible underestimation of the total radiation by such diagnostic systems in the pre-TQ phase. On the other hand, JOREK predicts that during the TQ the radiation becomes more toroidally symmetric, with positive implications for the heat load to plasma facing components.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; SC0014264
OSTI ID:
3011552
Journal Information:
Nuclear Fusion, Journal Name: Nuclear Fusion Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 66; ISSN 0029-5515; ISSN 1741-4326
Publisher:
IOP Science - IAEACopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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