Runaway electron dynamics in ITER disruptions with shattered pellet injectionsShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Nuclear Fusion, ISSN 0029-5515, E-ISSN 1741-4326, Vol. 64, no 8, article id 086033Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study systematically explores the parameter space of disruption mitigation through shattered pellet injection in ITER with a focus on runaway electron (RE) dynamics, using the disruption modeling tool Dream. The physics fidelity is considerably increased compared to previous studies, by e.g. using realistic magnetic geometry, resistive wall configuration, thermal quench onset criteria, as well as including additional effects, such as ion transport and enhanced RE transport during the thermal quench. The work aims to provide a fairly comprehensive coverage of experimentally feasible scenarios, considering plasmas representative of both non-activated and high-performance DT operation, different thermal quench onset criteria and transport levels, a wide range of hydrogen and neon quantities injected in one or two stages, and pellets with various characteristic shard sizes. Using a staggered injection scheme, with a pure hydrogen injection preceding a mixed hydrogen-neon injection, we find injection parameters leading to acceptable RE currents in all investigated discharges without activated runaway sources. Dividing the injection into two stages is found to significantly enhance the assimilation and minimize RE generation due to the hot-tail mechanism. However, while a staggered injection outperforms a single stage injection also in cases with radioactive RE sources, no cases with acceptable RE currents are found for a DT-plasma with a 15MA plasma current.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IOP Publishing , 2024. Vol. 64, no 8, article id 086033
Keywords [en]
disruption mitigation, shattered pellet injection, runaway electron, plasma simulation, ITER
National Category
Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-350153DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ad54d7ISI: 001253526900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85194183177OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-350153DiVA, id: diva2:1885397
Note
Correction in DOI 10.1088/1741-4326/adf7bd
QC 20240723
2024-07-232024-07-232025-09-11Bibliographically approved