Development and validation of non-axisymmetric heat flux simulations with 3D fields using the HEAT code.
ORAL
Abstract
A new comprehensive module to simulate heat fluxes from 3D magnetic fields has been implemented in the HEAT code. Existing release versions of HEAT can only simulate axisymmetric heat flux on 3D plasma facing components (PFCs). The new module uses an M3D-C1 perturbed equilibrium and the MAFOT code to trace field lines of the perturbed 3D magnetic field. Heat flux is then assigned to the resulting footprints via a 3D layer model. The model distinguishes between the scrape-off layer, the magnetic lobes and the private flux region, and employs only 0D parameters like the layer width, diffusive spread and the last closed flux surface position in the perturbed edge to generate a heat flux profile. The magnitude is normalized to the total input power. Resulting heat flux simulations are compared and validated against infrared measurements in the DIII-D tokamak with applied 3D fields; good agreement is found for several cases. The new module is applied to the SPARC tokamak, predicting 3D heat flux from coil misalignments and applied rotating 3D fields. A machine learning reduced model is in development for possible real time control application.
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Presenters
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Andreas Wingen
Oak Ridge National Lab
Authors
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Andreas Wingen
Oak Ridge National Lab
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Manuel Scotto d'Abusco
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, PPPL
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Michael Churchill
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
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Doménica Corona
PPPL, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
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Nathaniel Mandrachia Ferraro
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
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Andreas Kleiner
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
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Tom Looby
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
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Stefano Munaretto
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)