학술논문
Dispersive shell pellet injection modeling and validation for DIII-D disruption mitigation.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*MODEL validation
*TOKAMAKS
*PLASMA currents
*PLASMA beam injection heating
*NANODIAMONDS
*PREDICTION models
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ISSN
1070-664X
Abstract
Dispersive shell pellet injection for disruption mitigation on the DIII-D tokamak is modeled with the 3D MHD code NIMROD. The simulations attempt to reproduce as closely as possible a pellet velocity scan that was performed on the DIII-D tokamak [Hollmann, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 65001 (2019)]. This scan involved injecting a hollow diamond shell filled with boron dust that is released in the core of the plasma. Trends that are reproduced in the simulation include improved mitigation, reduced plasma current spike amplitude, and increased likelihood of hot-tail runaway electron production with increased pellet speed. The simulations provide additional physics insight into these findings. Limitations of the present model and requirements for a predictive model are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]