Plasma refuelling at the SOL simulated with the GBS code
The scrape-off layer (SOL) sets the bounday conditions of a tokamak, determining the plasma confinement, the heat exhaust, the impurity levels, and controlling the fuelling of the device. Therefore, a first principles understanding of the physical mechanisms governing SOL turbulence is crucial on the way towards fusion energy. We describe SOL simulations carried out by using GBS, a three-dimensional numerical code that solves the drift-reduced Braginskii equations for the two-fluid model of the plasma and consistently includes neutrals dynamics as well. In this work, results from GBS simulations are used to understand the tokamak fuelling.
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Calado Coroado, A., Ricci, P., Beadle, C., Paruta, P., Riva, F., & Wersal, C. (2017). Plasma refuelling at the SOL simulated with the GBS code. Joint Annual Meeting of SPS and ÖPG, Genève, Switzerland. https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/140596
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