Dynamical coupling between magnetic equilibrium and transport in tokamak scenario modelling, with application to current ramps

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作者
Fable, E. [1 ]
Angioni, C. [1 ]
Ivanov, A. A. [2 ]
Lackner, K. [1 ]
Maj, O. [1 ]
Medvedev, S. Yu [2 ]
Pautasso, G. [1 ]
Pereverzev, G. V. [1 ]
Treutterer, W. [1 ]
机构
[1] EURATOM, Max Planck Inst Plasmaphys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[2] Russian Acad Sci, Keldysh Inst, Moscow, Russia
关键词
PLASMA EQUILIBRIUM; EVOLUTION; DIFFUSION;
D O I
10.1088/0741-3335/55/7/074007
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The modelling of tokamak scenarios requires the simultaneous solution of both the time evolution of the plasma kinetic profiles and of the magnetic equilibrium. Their dynamical coupling involves additional complications, which are not present when the two physical problems are solved separately. Difficulties arise in maintaining consistency in the time evolution among quantities which appear in both the transport and the Grad-Shafranov equations, specifically the poloidal and toroidal magnetic fluxes as a function of each other and of the geometry. The required consistency can be obtained by means of iteration cycles, which are performed outside the equilibrium code and which can have different convergence properties depending on the chosen numerical scheme. When these external iterations are performed, the stability of the coupled system becomes a concern. In contrast, if these iterations are not performed, the coupled system is numerically stable, but can become physically inconsistent. By employing a novel scheme (Fable E et al 2012 Nucl. Fusion submitted), which ensures stability and physical consistency among the same quantities that appear in both the transport and magnetic equilibrium equations, a newly developed version of the ASTRA transport code (Pereverzev G V et al 1991 IPP Report 5/42), which is coupled to the SPIDER equilibrium code (Ivanov A A et al 2005 32nd EPS Conf. on Plasma Physics (Tarragona, 27 June-1 July) vol 29C (ECA) P-5.063), in both prescribed- and free-boundary modes is presented here for the first time. The ASTRA-SPIDER coupled system is then applied to the specific study of the modelling of controlled current ramp-up in ASDEX Upgrade discharges.
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