EMC3-Eirene simulations of particle- and energy fluxes to main chamber- and divertor plasma facing components in ASDEX Upgrade compared to experiments

We report on first EMC3-Eirene simulations with an extended computational grid including both divertor- and main chamber (MC) 3D wall plasma-facing components (PFCs). In a first step we compare the simulations to low-power L-mode discharges systematically analyzed by Carralero et al., who observed a transition from a low- to a high density regime (Carralero et al., 2014). Case A is a configuration at low density and high clearance, while B is a high density regime configuration at medium clearance. In order to explain the upstream far-SOL n(e) profiles of B the MC PFCs and an enhanced transport region at rho = 1.01, ... , 1.03 need to be included in the simulations. In a second step we compute the particle-, and power fluxes to the limiter for the realistic geometry, for limiters displaced radially inward and for a toroidally symmetric limiter. Almost the same fraction of power as that to the divertor is absorbed by the MC PFCs in the simulation of case B. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.