Control of edge plasma by plate biasing in SOLPS‐ITER modeling
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DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.202300122
Abstract: The effect of differential biasing of the divertor plates in a tokamak is analyzed using SOLPS‐ITER modeling with account of drifts and currents in the SOL. The ASDEX‐Upgrade like geometry and transport parameters adjusted for… read more here.
Keywords: solps iter; edge plasma; iter modeling; divertor ... See more keywords
SOLPS-ITER modeling with activated drifts for a snowflake divertor in ASDEX Upgrade
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ab7108
Abstract: We report on the first SOLPS-ITER simulations of a low-field side snowflake minus (LFS SF−) divertor configuration with drifts fully activated in ASDEX Upgrade. Compared to a reference case without drifts, the simulation in normal… read more here.
Keywords: solps iter; asdex upgrade; field; field side ... See more keywords
SOLPS-ITER modeling of ASDEX Upgrade L-mode detachment states
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ac1568
Abstract: SOLPS-ITER is used to model ASDEX Upgrade L-mode detachment states including the onset of detachment, the fluctuating detachment, and the complete detachment states, considering drifts and mimicking filamentary convective transport with a radial outward velocity… read more here.
Keywords: solps iter; asdex upgrade; upgrade mode; detachment states ... See more keywords
SOLPS-ITER simulations of high power exhaust for CFETR divertor with full drifts
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DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac3f4b
Abstract: One of the major challenges for the Gigawatt-class Chinese Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor (CFETR) is to efficiently handle huge power fluxes on plasma-facing components , especially the divertor targets. This work investigates the effects of… read more here.
Keywords: full drifts; geometry; solps iter; power ... See more keywords
SOLPS-ITER analysis of a proposed STEP double null geometry: impact of the degree of disconnection on power-sharing
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DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/acd863
Abstract: To mitigate the issue of plasma exhaust in reactor scale tight aspect ratio tokamaks such as STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production), a double-null (DN) configuration is thought to be advantageous over a single-null (SN)… read more here.
Keywords: power sharing; step; double null; power ... See more keywords
First SOLPS-ITER modelling of an X-point radiator in ITER
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DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ad7ed4
Abstract: For the first time, an X-point radiating (XPR) regime using neon (Ne) seed impurity has been obtained in ITER modelling with the SOLPS-ITER code, including fluid drifts. The highly radiating pattern is qualitatively similar to… read more here.
Keywords: iter; point; solps iter; first solps ... See more keywords
Verification of techniques for accelerated and stable SOLPS-ITER simulations including plasma drifts
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DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ae0950
Abstract: SOLPS-ITER is a widely employed transport code for Scrape-Off Layer (SOL) modeling, commonly used to assist experimental interpretation in current tokamak experiments, and for the design of future devices. An aspect of particular importance for… read more here.
Keywords: time; verification techniques; solps iter; iter simulations ... See more keywords