Axisymmetric benchmarks of impurity dynamics in extended-magnetohydrodynamic simulations
Abstract
A verification benchmark has been carried out between the M3D-C1 and NIMROD extended-magnetohydrodynamics (xMHD) codes for simulations of impurity-induced disruption mitigation. Disruptions are a significant concern for future tokamaks, and high-fidelity simulations are required in order to ensure the success of disruption-mitigation techniques (e.g., shattered-pellet injection) in large-scale fusion reactors. Both MHD codes have been coupled to the KPRAD code for impurity dynamics. The codes show excellent agreement in four axisymmetric, nonlinear simulations, particularly during the thermal quench. This agreement is seen in the time histories of global plasma quantities such as thermal energy, radiated power, and total number of electrons, as well as 2D contours of temperature and current density. The simulations predict that, given the same number of atoms injected, argon quenches the plasma two-to-three times as fast as neon. Furthermore, the inclusion of temperature-dependent Spitzer resistivity causes the current to diffuse and to decay, inducing axisymmetric MHD instabilities that result in a current quench. This work represents an important verification of the coupled impurity and MHD models implemented in M3D-C1 and NIMROD, giving greater confidence in the ability of both codes to perform more sophisticated disruption-mitigation simulations.
- Authors:
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[1];
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- SLS2 Consulting, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR). Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1505779
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1569257
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; FC02-04ER54698; FG02-95ER54309; SC0018109
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 61; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0741-3335
- Publisher:
- IOP Science
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; magnetohydrodynamics; impurities; disruptions; disruption mitigation; integrated modeling; benchmark
Citation Formats
Lyons, B. C., Kim, C. C., Liu, Y. Q., Ferraro, N. M., Jardin, S. C., McClenaghan, J., Parks, P. B., and Lao, L. L. Axisymmetric benchmarks of impurity dynamics in extended-magnetohydrodynamic simulations. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1088/1361-6587/ab0e42.
Lyons, B. C., Kim, C. C., Liu, Y. Q., Ferraro, N. M., Jardin, S. C., McClenaghan, J., Parks, P. B., & Lao, L. L. Axisymmetric benchmarks of impurity dynamics in extended-magnetohydrodynamic simulations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab0e42
Lyons, B. C., Kim, C. C., Liu, Y. Q., Ferraro, N. M., Jardin, S. C., McClenaghan, J., Parks, P. B., and Lao, L. L. Tue .
"Axisymmetric benchmarks of impurity dynamics in extended-magnetohydrodynamic simulations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab0e42. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1505779.
@article{osti_1505779,
title = {Axisymmetric benchmarks of impurity dynamics in extended-magnetohydrodynamic simulations},
author = {Lyons, B. C. and Kim, C. C. and Liu, Y. Q. and Ferraro, N. M. and Jardin, S. C. and McClenaghan, J. and Parks, P. B. and Lao, L. L.},
abstractNote = {A verification benchmark has been carried out between the M3D-C1 and NIMROD extended-magnetohydrodynamics (xMHD) codes for simulations of impurity-induced disruption mitigation. Disruptions are a significant concern for future tokamaks, and high-fidelity simulations are required in order to ensure the success of disruption-mitigation techniques (e.g., shattered-pellet injection) in large-scale fusion reactors. Both MHD codes have been coupled to the KPRAD code for impurity dynamics. The codes show excellent agreement in four axisymmetric, nonlinear simulations, particularly during the thermal quench. This agreement is seen in the time histories of global plasma quantities such as thermal energy, radiated power, and total number of electrons, as well as 2D contours of temperature and current density. The simulations predict that, given the same number of atoms injected, argon quenches the plasma two-to-three times as fast as neon. Furthermore, the inclusion of temperature-dependent Spitzer resistivity causes the current to diffuse and to decay, inducing axisymmetric MHD instabilities that result in a current quench. This work represents an important verification of the coupled impurity and MHD models implemented in M3D-C1 and NIMROD, giving greater confidence in the ability of both codes to perform more sophisticated disruption-mitigation simulations.},
doi = {10.1088/1361-6587/ab0e42},
journal = {Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion},
number = 6,
volume = 61,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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