Comparison of Edge and Internal Transport Barriers in Drift Wave Predictive Simulations

Publication: Research - peer-reviewConference article – Annual report year: 2011

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We have simulated the formation of an internal transport barrier on JET including a self-consistent treatment of ion and electron temperatures and poloidal and toroidal momentum. Similar simulations of edge transport barriers, including the L-H transition have also been made. However, here only polodal momentum and the temperatures were simulated. The internal barrier included an anomalous spinup of poloidal momentum similar to that in the experiment. Also the edge barrier was accompanied by a spinup of poloidal momentum. The experimental density (with no barrier) was used and kept fixed for the internal barrier. For the edge barrier the edge density was varied and it turned out that a lower edge density gave a stronger barrier. Electromagnetic and nonlocal effects were important for both types of barriers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Original languageEnglish
JournalAIP Conference Proceedings - American Institute of Physics
Publication date2011
Volume1392
Journal number1
Pages85-91
ISSN0094-243X
DOIs
StatePublished

Conference

ConferenceChalmers Workshop on Nonlinear Phenomena in Fusion Plasmas
CityVarenna (IT), 8-10 Jun
Period01-01-11 → …
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Keywords

  • Fusion energy

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