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Development and application of integrated transport code to LHD plasmas. M.Yokoyama (National Institute for Fusion Science) for TASK3D collaborators. TASK3D Objectives.
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Development and application of integrated transport code to LHD plasmas M.Yokoyama (National Institute for Fusion Science) for TASK3D collaborators
TASK3D Objectives • Extension of integrated code (TASK) applicability to general toroidal plasmas (stellarator-heliotron plasmas) • S-H specific physics • 3D feature • Module extension/modification based on TASK • LHD experiment : • integrated analysis • prediction, operation scenario • validation
Module Extension/modification LHDGauss FIT3D ER WM MORH MSSH EI VMEC HINT2 DGN/LHD NEWBOZ Stellarator-Heliotron specific physics Neoclassical (NC) diffusion (3D configuration, Er) Er determined by NC ambipolar condition NBI deposition including re-entering effects Impact of pressure driven MHD instability on pressure profile 3D feature 3D equilibrium Evolution of rotational transform instead of the current evolution (easier to include 3D effects) Heating modules incorporating 3D equilibrium
TASKTASK3D: module extension/modification LHDGauss MORH TR FIT3D ER EI VMEC WM HINT2 MSSH DGN/LHD DP WR FP TX EQ Fixed-boundary equilibrium Diffusive transport BOOZER TASK Dynamic transport Kinetic transport Ray and beam tracing Full wave analysis(ICH) Wave dispersion Heating in LHD NBI analysis (Guiding Center) TASK3D NBI analysis (Re-entering) Ray tracing (ECH) current (iota) evolution radial electric field 3D Physics Neoclassical diffusion coefficient DB MHD instability’s impact on pressure profile 3D equilibrium (nested surface) 3D equilibrium (w/o nested surface assumption) 3D Equilibrium 3D equilibrium in Boozer coordinates
Predictive simulation by a part of TASK3D ~ Temperature profile variation for NBI heated plasmas ~ 3D equilibrium VMEC 1D diffusion transport equation FIT3D NBI deposition Boozer TR DGN/LHD ER NC diffusion coeff. DB radial electric field Gyro-Bohm
Predictive simulation by a part of TASK3D Rax=3.60m , B=-2.75T: equilibrium fixed 5 beam lines applied Density profile : fixed n0=2e19 n0=2e19 n0=4e19 n0=4e19 n0=6e19 n0=6e19 • Dedicated experiment was conducted in Sep. 2011. • Anomalous transport modelling, track of configuration change, etc.. towards increased predictability: validation study • -> Operation scenario for high-performance steady-state LHD plasmas
Coordinated Working Group Meeting(CWGM) Helical Plasmas:Diversity Systemization Joint experiment/database/analysis/papers The gateway to “3D” issues