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Simulation studies of divertor detachment and critical power exhaust parameters for Japanese DEMO design
Handling of a large thermal power exhausted from the confined plasma is one of the most important issues for ITER and DEMO. A conventional divertor, which has the closed geometry similar to that of ITER and longer leg of 1.6 m, was proposed for the Japanese (JA) DEMO reactor (Rp/ap = 8.5/2.42 m). A radiative cooling scenario of Ar impurity seeding and the divertor performance have been demonstrated by SONIC simulation, in order to evaluate the power exhaust in JA-DEMO 2014 (primary design with Psep ~ 283 MW) and JA-DEMO with higher plasma elongation (a revised design with Psep ~ 235 MW). The divertor operation with the peak qtarget ≤ 10 MWm−2 was determined in the low nesep of 2–3 × 1019 m−3 under the severe conditions of reducing radiation loss fraction, i.e. f*raddiv = (Pradsol + Praddiv)/Psep, and diffusion coefficients (χ and D). The divertor geometry and reference key parameters (f*raddiv ~ 0.8, χ = 1 m2/s and D = 0.3 m2/s) were so far consistent with the power exhaust concepts in the nesep range, and the revised JA-DEMO design has advantages of wider nesep range and enough margin for the divertor operation. For either severe assumption of f*raddiv ~ 0.7 or χ and D to the half value, higher nesep operation was required for the primary design in order to control the peak qtarget ≤ 10 MWm−2, i.e. the operation window was reduced. Applying the two severe assumptions, the divertor operation was difficult in the low nesep range for the both designs.
Simulation studies of divertor detachment and critical power exhaust parameters for Japanese DEMO design
Handling of a large thermal power exhausted from the confined plasma is one of the most important issues for ITER and DEMO. A conventional divertor, which has the closed geometry similar to that of ITER and longer leg of 1.6 m, was proposed for the Japanese (JA) DEMO reactor (Rp/ap = 8.5/2.42 m). A radiative cooling scenario of Ar impurity seeding and the divertor performance have been demonstrated by SONIC simulation, in order to evaluate the power exhaust in JA-DEMO 2014 (primary design with Psep ~ 283 MW) and JA-DEMO with higher plasma elongation (a revised design with Psep ~ 235 MW). The divertor operation with the peak qtarget ≤ 10 MWm−2 was determined in the low nesep of 2–3 × 1019 m−3 under the severe conditions of reducing radiation loss fraction, i.e. f*raddiv = (Pradsol + Praddiv)/Psep, and diffusion coefficients (χ and D). The divertor geometry and reference key parameters (f*raddiv ~ 0.8, χ = 1 m2/s and D = 0.3 m2/s) were so far consistent with the power exhaust concepts in the nesep range, and the revised JA-DEMO design has advantages of wider nesep range and enough margin for the divertor operation. For either severe assumption of f*raddiv ~ 0.7 or χ and D to the half value, higher nesep operation was required for the primary design in order to control the peak qtarget ≤ 10 MWm−2, i.e. the operation window was reduced. Applying the two severe assumptions, the divertor operation was difficult in the low nesep range for the both designs.
Simulation studies of divertor detachment and critical power exhaust parameters for Japanese DEMO design
N. Asakura (author) / K. Hoshino (author) / Y. Homma (author) / Y. Sakamoto (author)
2021
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