Gyrokinetic full-torus simulations of ohmic tokamak plasmas in circular limiter configuration

T. Korpilo*, A. D. Gurchenko, E. Z. Gusakov, Jukka A. Heikkinen, S. J. Janhunen, T. P. Kiviniemi, S. Leerink, P. Niskala, A. A. Perevalov

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Abstract

The gyrokinetic full 5D particle distribution code ELMFIRE has been extended to simulate circular tokamak plasmas from the magnetic axis to the limiter scrape-off-layer. The predictive power of the code in the full torus configuration is tested via its ability to reproduce experimental steady-state profiles in FT-2 ohmic L-mode plasmas. The results show that the experimental profile solution is not reproduced numerically due to the difficulty of obtaining global power balance. This is verified by cross-comparison of ELMFIRE code versions, which shows also the impact of boundary conditions and grid resolution on turbulent transport. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)128-137
Number of pages10
JournalComputer Physics Communications
Volume203
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2016
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • Core-edge turbulence
  • Gyrokinetic particle simulation
  • Fusion plasma physics
  • BINARY COLLISION MODEL
  • PARTICLE SIMULATION
  • TRANSPORT

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