Heat Flux Calculations on NSTX-U and STs with New HYPERION Code

NSTX-U will operate with a plasma current of up to 2 MA for 5 seconds and neutral beam injection (NBI) heating up to 10 MW. The safe operation of the plasma-facing components (PFCs) requires a large coverage of IR diagnostics that view the PFCs and the capability to accurately calculate the heat flux on target. HYPERION is a new 2-D heat flux calculation code for calculating heat flux incident on axisymmetric divertors. We present recent verification tests of HYPERION that show exceptional agreement with NSTX heat flux calculated by TACO <!--[if supportFields]>style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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F. GanJ-W. AhnJ.-W.
ParkR. MaingiA. G.
McLeanT. K. GrayX.
GongX. D.
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divertor heat flux distribution using a 3D heat conduction solver in National
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HerrmannW. JunkerK.
GuntherS. BoschM.
KaufmannJ. NeuhauserG.
PautassoTh, RichterR.
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[1] K. F. Gan et al., "2D divertor heat flux distribution using a 3D heat conduction solver in National Spherical Torus Experiment," Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 84, no. 2, p. 023505, 2013, doi: 10.1063/1.4792595.

[2] A. Herrmann et al., "Energy flux to the ASDEX-Upgrade diverter plates determined by thermography and calorimetry," Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, vol. 37, no. 1, p. 17, 1995/01/01 1995, doi: 10.1088/0741-3335/37/1/002.