A boundary plasma turbulence code BOUT is presented. The preliminary encour- aging results have been obtained when comparing with probe measurements for a typical Ohmic discharge in HT-7 tokamak. The validation and be...A boundary plasma turbulence code BOUT is presented. The preliminary encour- aging results have been obtained when comparing with probe measurements for a typical Ohmic discharge in HT-7 tokamak. The validation and benchmark of BOUT code and experimental diagnostic tools for fusion boundary plasma turbulence is proposed.展开更多
Tritium self-sufficiency in future deuterium–tritium fusion reactors is a crucial challenge.As an engineering test reactor,the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor requires a burning fraction of 3%for the goal to te...Tritium self-sufficiency in future deuterium–tritium fusion reactors is a crucial challenge.As an engineering test reactor,the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor requires a burning fraction of 3%for the goal to test the accessibility to the future fusion plant.To self-consistently simulate burning plasmas with profile changes in pellet injection scenarios and to estimate the corresponding burning fraction,a one-dimensional multi-species radial transport model is developed in the BOUT++framework.Several pellet-fueling scenarios are then tested in the model.The results show that the increased fueling depth improves the burning fraction by particle confinement improvement and fusion power increase.Nevertheless,by increasing the depth,the pellet cooling-down may significantly lower the temperature in the core region.Taking the density perturbation into consideration,the reasonable parameters of the fueling scenario in these simulations are estimated as pellet radius r_(p)=3 mm,injection rate=4 Hz,and pellet injection velocity=1000–2000 m s^(-1) without drift or 450 m s^(-1) with high-field-side drift.展开更多
We analytically investigate nonlinear tearing modes with the anomalous electron viscosity or,as it is normally called,hyper-resistivity.In contrast to the flux average method used by previous work,we employ the standa...We analytically investigate nonlinear tearing modes with the anomalous electron viscosity or,as it is normally called,hyper-resistivity.In contrast to the flux average method used by previous work,we employ the standard singular perturbation technique and a quasilinear method to obtain the time evolution equation of tearing modes.The result that the magnetic flux grows with time in a scaling as t^（2/3）demonstrates that nonlinear tearing modes with the hyper-resistivity effect alone have a weaker dependence on time than that of the corresponding resistive case.展开更多
基金Work performed under the auspices of the U. S. Department of Energy by University of California Lawrence LivermoreNational Lab
文摘A boundary plasma turbulence code BOUT is presented. The preliminary encour- aging results have been obtained when comparing with probe measurements for a typical Ohmic discharge in HT-7 tokamak. The validation and benchmark of BOUT code and experimental diagnostic tools for fusion boundary plasma turbulence is proposed.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11975087 and 41674165)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2017YFE0300501 and 2018YFE030310)。
文摘Tritium self-sufficiency in future deuterium–tritium fusion reactors is a crucial challenge.As an engineering test reactor,the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor requires a burning fraction of 3%for the goal to test the accessibility to the future fusion plant.To self-consistently simulate burning plasmas with profile changes in pellet injection scenarios and to estimate the corresponding burning fraction,a one-dimensional multi-species radial transport model is developed in the BOUT++framework.Several pellet-fueling scenarios are then tested in the model.The results show that the increased fueling depth improves the burning fraction by particle confinement improvement and fusion power increase.Nevertheless,by increasing the depth,the pellet cooling-down may significantly lower the temperature in the core region.Taking the density perturbation into consideration,the reasonable parameters of the fueling scenario in these simulations are estimated as pellet radius r_(p)=3 mm,injection rate=4 Hz,and pellet injection velocity=1000–2000 m s^(-1) without drift or 450 m s^(-1) with high-field-side drift.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 11675257the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No XDB16010300+2 种基金the Key Research Program of Frontier Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No QYZDJ-SSW-SYS016the External Cooperation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No 112111KYSB20160039supported by the US Department of Energy,Office of Science,Office of Fusion Energy Sciences,LLNL-JRNL-748586
文摘We analytically investigate nonlinear tearing modes with the anomalous electron viscosity or,as it is normally called,hyper-resistivity.In contrast to the flux average method used by previous work,we employ the standard singular perturbation technique and a quasilinear method to obtain the time evolution equation of tearing modes.The result that the magnetic flux grows with time in a scaling as t^（2/3）demonstrates that nonlinear tearing modes with the hyper-resistivity effect alone have a weaker dependence on time than that of the corresponding resistive case.
