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Role of the separatrix density in the pedestal performance in deuterium low triangularity JET-ILW plasmas and comparison with JET-C
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Electrical Engineering, Fusion Plasma Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9546-4494
Inst Plasma Phys & Laser Microfus IPPLM, PL-01497 Warsaw, Poland..
CCFE, Culham Sci Ctr Abingdon, Abingdon OX14 3DB, Oxon, England..
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2021 (English)In: Nuclear Fusion, ISSN 0029-5515, E-ISSN 1741-4326, Vol. 61, no 12, article id 126054Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A reduction of the pedestal pressure with increasing separatrix density over pedestal density (n (e) (sep)/n (e) (ped)) has been observed in JET. The physics behind this correlation is investigated. The correlation is due to two distinct mechanisms. The increase of n (e) (sep)/n (e) (ped) till approximate to 0.4 shifts the pedestal pressure radially outwards, decreasing the peeling-balloning stability and reducing the pressure height. The effect of the position saturates above n (e) (sep)/n (e) (ped) approximate to 0.4. For higher values, the reduction of the pedestal pressure is ascribed to increased turbulent transport and, likely, to resistive MHD effects. The increase of n (e) (sep)/n (e) (ped) above approximate to 0.4 reduces backward difference n (e) /n (e), increasing eta (e) and the pedestal turbulent transport. This reduces the pressure gradient and the pedestal temperature, producing an increase in the pedestal resistivity. The work suggests that the increase in resistivity might destabilize resistive balloning modes, further reducing the pedestal stability.

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IOP Publishing Ltd , 2021. Vol. 61, no 12, article id 126054
Keywords [en]
pedestal, JET, peeling-ballooning stability, EPED, Europed, separatrix density
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Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-306389DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac3363ISI: 000722011700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85120692164OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-306389DiVA, id: diva2:1620231
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QC 20211215

Available from: 2021-12-15 Created: 2021-12-15 Last updated: 2025-11-10Bibliographically approved
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1. Magnetohydrodynamic stability of non-ideally peeling-ballooning limited pedestals in JET
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Magnetohydrodynamic stability of non-ideally peeling-ballooning limited pedestals in JET
2025 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Fusion power is a promising candidate for providing large amounts of sustainable, planable power to complement other sustainable energy solutions in the future. The tokamak, which is the fusion device furthest along to achieving this goal, confines a hot plasma with the help of magnetic fields. The performance of the tokamak is highly dependent on the performance of a thin region near the plasma edge, called the pedestal. Accurate models for predicting the pedestal behavior is therefore paramount for the optimization of future fusion reactors. The pedestal height is typically limited by the onset of ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities called edge localized modes (ELMs). In the JET tokamak, it has however been observed that sometimes the pre-ELM pedestal can sometimes be stable to ideal MHD modes.

This thesis investigates the physics which are required to reconcile modeling and experimental results in pedestals which are not marginally unstable to ideal MHD modes when the ELM is triggered. It is shown that a key component that seems to be missing is the lack of resistivity in the MHD modeling. To investigate the impact of resistivity on the MHD modeling, a resistive MHD code has been implemented into the MHD stability frameworks used at JET. Including the resistivity improves the agreement between model and experiment compared to ideal MHD. In particular, the impact of changing the main fuel isotope mass and the impurity content on the pedestal performance is captured when resistive MHD is used.

Abstract [sv]

Fusion är en lovande källa av stora mängder hållbar och planerbar energi som kan kompletera andra hållbara energilösningar i framtiden. Tokamaken, som är det fusionskoncept som har kommit längst på vägen för att uppnå detta mål, innesluter ett varmt plasma med hjälp av magnetiska fält. Tokamakens prestanda är hårt bunden till prestandan hos en liten region nära kanten på plasmat som kallas pedestalen. För att kunna optimera framtida fusionsreaktorer så krävs pålitliga modeller för att förutspå pedestalens beteende. Höjden på pedestalen är oftast begränsad av ideala magnetohydrodynamiska (MHD) instabiliteter som kallas edge localized modes (ELMs). I tokamaken JET, så har det dock obeserverats att pedestalen ibland är stabil mot ideala MHD instabiliteter precis innan en ELM.

Den här avhandlingen undersöker vilken ytterligare fysik som krävs för att försona de teoretiska modellerna med de experimentella resultaten, när pedestalen inte är marginellt instabil mot ideala MHD moder när en ELM utlöses. Det visas att en nyckelkomponent är bristen på resistivitet i MHD modelleringen. För att undersöka effekten av att inkludera resistivitet på MHD modeleringen, så har en resistiv MHD kod blivit implementerad i MHD stabilitetsramverken som används på JET. Inkluderandet av resistivitet leder till att resultaten från simuleringarna stämmer bättre överens med de experimentella resultaten. Inkluderandet av resistivitet i modeleringen låter en även fånga effekten på pedestalen från en ändring av bränsleisotop och föroreningar i plasmat, vilket inte fångas av ideal MHD. 

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Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2025. p. ix, 74
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TRITA-EECS-AVL ; 2025:93
Keywords
Nuclear fusion, Tokamak, Pedestal, resistive MHD
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Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
Research subject
Electrical Engineering
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urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-372557 (URN)978-91-8106-428-5 (ISBN)
Public defence
2025-12-09, https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/61118773378, F3, Lindstedtvägen 26, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
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