High power neon seeded JET discharges: Experiments and simulationsShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Nuclear Materials and Energy, E-ISSN 2352-1791, Vol. 12, p. 882-886Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
A series of neon seeded JET ELMy H-mode pulses is considered from the modeling as well as from the experimental point of view. For two different Ne seeding rates and two different D puffing gas levels the heating power, P-heat, is in the range 22-29.5 MW. The main focus is on the numerical reconstruction of the total radiated power (which mostly depends on the W concentration) and its distribution between core and divertor and of Z(eff)(which mostly depends on the Ne concentration). To model self-consistently the core and the SOL two input parameters had to be adjusted case by case: the SOL diffusivity, D SOL, and the core impurity inward pinch, v(pinch). D-SOL had to be increased with increasing Gamma(Ne) and the level of v(pinch) had to be changed, for any given Gamma(Ne), according to the level of P-heat : it decreases with increasing P-heat. Since the ELM frequency, f(ELM), is experimentally correlated with P-heat, (it increases with P-heat) the impurity inward pinch can be seen as to depend on f(ELM). Therefore, to maintain a low v(pinch) level (i.e. high f(ELM)) Gamma(Ne)/P-heat should not exceed a certain threshold, which slightly increases with the Gamma(D) puffing rate. This might lead to a limitation in the viability of reducing the target heat load by Ne seeding at moderate Gamma(D), while keeping Z(eff) at acceptably low level.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2017. Vol. 12, p. 882-886
Keywords [en]
Tokamak, Integrated modeling, Core plasma, Edge plasma
National Category
Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-318685DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2016.10.012ISI: 000417293300143Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84993995223OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-318685DiVA, id: diva2:1698064
Note
QC 20220922
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