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Numerical study of divertor detachment in TCV H-mode scenarios

Yang, H.
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Ciraolo, G.
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Fevrier, O.
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December 1, 2023
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion

The effect of divertor closure and nitrogen seeding on the detachment process has been studied by performing 2D numerical simulations of tokamak a configuration variable (TCV) H-mode divertor scenarios with the SOLEDGE3X-EIRENE edge plasma transport code. The simulations reveal that, in the cases with only deuterium gas fuelling, detachment occurs at a similar level of divertor neutral pressure ( approximate to 0.76 Pa), despite the difference in divertor closure achieved by changing the length of the outer baffle. Nitrogen reduces the target temperature with little effect on the upstream density and momentum loss but drops the upstream pressure, leading to a decrease in the target particle flux and divertor neutral pressure. Furthermore, when the radiation front starts to move up from the outer target, the peak parallel heat flux level at the outer target remains approximately the same ( approximate to 2.3 MW m-2), regardless of whether it is a deuterium fuelling scan, a nitrogen seeding scan at a fixed fuelling rate, or a change in the length of the outer baffle. An empirical partial detachment qualifier calibrated on AUG experimental data was compared with the TCV simulations. The results show good agreement in detachment state prediction, indicating the potential of this detachment qualifier to be applied in devices of different sizes, emphasizing the combined influence of input power entering the divertor, neutral pressure, and the concentration and species of impurity in achieving divertor detachment.

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DOI
10.1088/1361-6587/ad06c7
Web of Science ID

WOS:001092138300001

Author(s)
Yang, H.
Ciraolo, G.
Fevrier, O.
Galassi, Davide  
Bucalossi, J.
Bufferand, H.
Gorno, Sophie Danielle Angelica  
Henderson, S.
Reimerdes, H.  
Theiler, C.  
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Corporate authors
TCV Team
Date Issued

2023-12-01

Publisher

Iop Publishing Ltd

Published in
Plasma Physics And Controlled Fusion
Volume

65

Issue

12

Article Number

125005

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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Plasma Physics

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H-Mode

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Numerical Modelling

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Divertor Closure

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Nitrogen Seeding

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Detachment

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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SPC  
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This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, partially funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No. 101052200-EUROfusion). The Swiss contribution to this work has bee

101052200

European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme

Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)

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February 16, 2024
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