The effect of the ITER-like wall on runaway electron generation in JET
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

This paper investigates the effect of the ITER-like wall (ILW) on runaway electron (RE) generation through a comparative study of similar slow argon injection JET disruptions, performed with different wall materials. In the carbon wall case, a RE plateau is observed, while in the ITER-like wall case, the current quench is slower and the runaway current is negligibly small. The aim of the paper is to shed light on the reason for these differences by detailed numerical modelling to study which factors affected the RE formation. The post-disruption current profile is calculated by a one-dimensional model of electric field, temperature and runaway current taking into account the impurity injection. Scans of various impurity contents are performed and agreement with the experimental scenarios is obtained for reasonable argon and wall impurity contents. Our modelling shows that the reason for the changed RE dynamics is a complex, combined effect of the differences in plasma parameter profiles, the radiation characteristics of beryllium and carbon, and the difference of the injected argon amount. These together lead to a significantly higher Dreicer generation rate in the carbon wall case, which is less prone to being suppressed by RE loss mechanisms. The results indicate that the differences are greatly reduced above ~50% argon content, suggesting that significant RE current is expected in future massive gas injection experiments on both JET and ITER.

Författare

Gergely Papp

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Nukleär teknik

Tünde Fülöp

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Nukleär teknik

Tamás Fehér

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

EFDA-JET

P. De Vries

Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie

EFDA-JET

V Riccardo

Culham Science Centre

EFDA-JET

C Reux

École polytechnique

EFDA-JET

M Lehnen

Forschungszentrum Jülich

EFDA-JET

V Kiptily

Culham Science Centre

EFDA-JET

V V Plyusnin

Instituto Superior Tecnico

EFDA-JET

B Alper

EFDA-JET

Culham Science Centre

Nuclear Fusion

00295515 (ISSN) 17414326 (eISSN)

Vol. 53 12 123017

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Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik

DOI

10.1088/0029-5515/53/12/123017

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