학술논문

Evidence of a thermo-diffusion pinch on particle transport in FTU discharges close to density limit
Document Type
article
Source
Nuclear Materials and Energy, Vol 12, Iss , Pp 622-626 (2017)
Subject
Nuclear engineering. Atomic power
TK9001-9401
Language
English
ISSN
2352-1791
Abstract
In FTU, the density profile in the presence of large MARFE becomes more and more peaked with increasing density, forming strong density gradients close to the radial region affected by the MARFE. The temperature at the edge drops to few eV, driving a drop of the whole profile. The estimated particle source cannot justify the change of the density gradient, which instead is well-explained by a change of the pinch. A thermo-diffusion term well-describes the pinch evolution and the experimental behavior of the density at those radii where temperature measurements are reliable.