First ERO2.0 modeling of Be erosion and non-local transport in JET ITER-like wall
Creators
- 1. Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung—Plasmaphysik, Partner of the Trilateral Euregio Cluster (TEC), D-52425 Jülich (Germany)
- 2. Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Abingdon OX14 3DB (United Kingdom)
- 3. CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St Paul-Lez-Durance (France)
- 4. Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, D-52425 Jülich (Germany)
- 5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6169 (United States)
Description
ERO is a Monte-Carlo code for modeling plasma-wall interaction and 3D plasma impurity transport for applications in fusion research. The code has undergone a significant upgrade (ERO2.0) which allows increasing the simulation volume in order to cover the entire plasma edge of a fusion device, allowing a more self-consistent treatment of impurity transport and comparison with a larger number and variety of experimental diagnostics. In this contribution, the physics-relevant technical innovations of the new code version are described and discussed. The new capabilities of the code are demonstrated by modeling of beryllium (Be) erosion of the main wall during JET limiter discharges. Results for erosion patterns along the limiter surfaces and global Be transport including incident particle distributions are presented. A novel synthetic diagnostic, which mimics experimental wide-angle 2D camera images, is presented and used for validating various aspects of the code, including erosion, magnetic shadowing, non-local impurity transport, and light emission simulation. (paper)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/aa89caAdditional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physica Scripta (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 2017
- Journal Issue
- T170
- Journal Page Range
- [10 p.]
- ISSN
- 1402-4896
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 49032599
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BERYLLIUM; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION; EROSION; FIRST WALL; IMAGES; ITER TOKAMAK; JET TOKAMAK; LIMITERS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLES; PHOTON EMISSION; PLASMA; PLASMA IMPURITIES
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CALCULATION METHODS; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; IMPURITIES; METALS; SIMULATION; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
Optional Information
- Collaborations
- JET Contributors