Prediction of divertor heat flux width for ITER pre-fusion power operation using BOUT++ transport code
Abstract
Prediction of divertor heat flux width is performed for the first and the second pre-fusion power operation (PFPO) phases specified in the new ITER research plan using BOUT++ transport code (Li et al 2018 Comput. Phys. Commun.228 69–82). Here the initial plasma profiles inside the separatrix are taken from CORSICA scenario studies. Transport coefficients in transport code are calculated by inverting the plasma profiles inside the separatrix and are assumed to be constants in the scrape-off-layer. An anomalous thermal diffusivity scan is performed with E × B and magnetic drifts. The results in two scenarios identifying two distinct regimes: a drift-dominant regime when diffusivity is smaller than the respective critical thermal diffusivity χc and a turbulence-dominant regime when diffusivity is larger than it. The Goldston heuristic drift model and the ITPA multi-machine experimental scaling yield a lower limit of the width λq. From transport simulations, we obtain the critical thermal diffusivity χc = 0.5 m2 s–1 for the PFPO-1 scenario with toroidal magnetic field B = 1.77 T and plasma current Ip = 5 MA, and χc = 0.3 m2 s–1 for the PFPO-2 scenario with toroidal magnetic field B = 2.65 T and plasma current Ip = 7.5 MA. Separatrix temperature and collisionality also have a significant impact on the heat flux width in the drift-dominant regime. The investigation clearly yields a scaling for critical thermal diffusivity $${\chi }_{\text{c}}\propto {A}^{1/2}/(Z{\left(1+Z\right)}^{\frac{1}{2}}{B}_{\text{p}}^{2})$$ using ITER scenarios with fixed safety factor q95, major radius R, aspect ratio R/a, and the separatrix temperature Tsep, and establishes the connection with CFETR and C-Mod discharges. This scaling implies that for a given tokamak device with q95, R, R/a, and Tsep fixed, a reduction of poloidal magnetic field by a factor of 3 leads to a 9 times higher critical value of thermal diffusivity χc, possibly yielding a transition from turbulence- to drift-dominant regime.
- Authors:
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- Dalian Univ. of Technology (China); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Oak Ridge Associated Univ., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Dalian Univ. of Technology (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Chinese Scholarship Council; National Key Research and Development Program of China
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1872278
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-815224
Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515; 1024415; TRN: US2306856
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; 201906060127; 2018YFE0303102
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Fusion
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 62; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515
- Publisher:
- IOP Science
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ITER; heat flux width; transport; drift
Citation Formats
He, Xiaoxue X., Xu, Xueqiao Q., Li, Zeyu Y., Zhu, Ben, and Liu, Y. Prediction of divertor heat flux width for ITER pre-fusion power operation using BOUT++ transport code. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac3e80.
He, Xiaoxue X., Xu, Xueqiao Q., Li, Zeyu Y., Zhu, Ben, & Liu, Y. Prediction of divertor heat flux width for ITER pre-fusion power operation using BOUT++ transport code. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac3e80
He, Xiaoxue X., Xu, Xueqiao Q., Li, Zeyu Y., Zhu, Ben, and Liu, Y. Wed .
"Prediction of divertor heat flux width for ITER pre-fusion power operation using BOUT++ transport code". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac3e80. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1872278.
@article{osti_1872278,
title = {Prediction of divertor heat flux width for ITER pre-fusion power operation using BOUT++ transport code},
author = {He, Xiaoxue X. and Xu, Xueqiao Q. and Li, Zeyu Y. and Zhu, Ben and Liu, Y.},
abstractNote = {Prediction of divertor heat flux width is performed for the first and the second pre-fusion power operation (PFPO) phases specified in the new ITER research plan using BOUT++ transport code (Li et al 2018 Comput. Phys. Commun.228 69–82). Here the initial plasma profiles inside the separatrix are taken from CORSICA scenario studies. Transport coefficients in transport code are calculated by inverting the plasma profiles inside the separatrix and are assumed to be constants in the scrape-off-layer. An anomalous thermal diffusivity scan is performed with E × B and magnetic drifts. The results in two scenarios identifying two distinct regimes: a drift-dominant regime when diffusivity is smaller than the respective critical thermal diffusivity χc and a turbulence-dominant regime when diffusivity is larger than it. The Goldston heuristic drift model and the ITPA multi-machine experimental scaling yield a lower limit of the width λq. From transport simulations, we obtain the critical thermal diffusivity χc = 0.5 m2 s–1 for the PFPO-1 scenario with toroidal magnetic field B = 1.77 T and plasma current Ip = 5 MA, and χc = 0.3 m2 s–1 for the PFPO-2 scenario with toroidal magnetic field B = 2.65 T and plasma current Ip = 7.5 MA. Separatrix temperature and collisionality also have a significant impact on the heat flux width in the drift-dominant regime. The investigation clearly yields a scaling for critical thermal diffusivity ${\chi }_{\text{c}}\propto {A}^{1/2}/(Z{\left(1+Z\right)}^{\frac{1}{2}}{B}_{\text{p}}^{2})$ using ITER scenarios with fixed safety factor q95, major radius R, aspect ratio R/a, and the separatrix temperature Tsep, and establishes the connection with CFETR and C-Mod discharges. This scaling implies that for a given tokamak device with q95, R, R/a, and Tsep fixed, a reduction of poloidal magnetic field by a factor of 3 leads to a 9 times higher critical value of thermal diffusivity χc, possibly yielding a transition from turbulence- to drift-dominant regime.},
doi = {10.1088/1741-4326/ac3e80},
journal = {Nuclear Fusion},
number = 5,
volume = 62,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Wed Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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