The JOREK non-linear extended MHD code and applications to large-scale instabilities and their control in magnetically confined fusion plasmas

M Hoelzl, GTA Huijsmans, SJP Pamela… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
JOREK is a massively parallel fully implicit non-linear extended magneto-hydrodynamic
(MHD) code for realistic tokamak X-point plasmas. It has become a widely used versatile …

Non-axisymmetric MHD simulations of the current quench phase of ITER mitigated disruptions

FJ Artola, A Loarte, M Hoelzl, M Lehnen… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Non-axisymmetric simulations of the current quench phase of ITER disruptions are key to
predict asymmetric forces acting into the ITER wall. We present for the first time such …

Experiments and non-linear MHD simulations of hot vertical displacement events in ASDEX-Upgrade

N Schwarz, FJ Artola, M Hoelzl, M Bernert… - Plasma Physics and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Hot vertical displacement events (VDEs) are one of the worst case scenarios for high-current
tokamaks as they are associated with large heat loads and electro-magnetic forces. Non …

The effect of vertical displacements on the runaway electron avalanche in ITER mitigated disruptions

C Wang, E Nardon, FJ Artola, V Bandaru… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to prepare the operation of ITER, it is important to estimate the amplitude of the
runaway electron (RE) current that could appear following disruptions at large plasma …

First predictive simulations for deuterium shattered pellet injection in ASDEX Upgrade

M Hoelzl, D Hu, E Nardon, GTA Huijsmans… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
First simulations of deuterium shattered pellet injection into an ASDEX Upgrade H-Mode
plasma with the JOREK MHD code are presented. Resistivity is increased by one order of …

Simulations of COMPASS vertical displacement events with a self-consistent model for halo currents including neutrals and sheath boundary conditions

FJ Artola, A Loarte, E Matveeva… - Plasma Physics and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The understanding of the halo current properties during disruptions is key to design and
operate large scale tokamaks in view of the large thermal and electromagnetic loads that …

The mechanism of the global vertical force reduction in disruptions mitigated by massive material injection

N Schwarz, FJ Artola, F Vannini, M Hoelzl… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Disruptions lead to a rapid loss of thermal and magnetic energy and can cause large heat
loads, mechanical forces, and the excitation of a beam of relativistic runaway electrons. The …

3D simulations of vertical displacement events in tokamaks: A benchmark of M3D-C1, NIMROD, and JOREK

FJ Artola, CR Sovinec, SC Jardin, M Hoelzl… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In recent years, the nonlinear 3D magnetohydrodynamic codes JOREK, M3D-C 1, and
NIMROD developed the capability of modeling realistic 3D vertical displacement events …

[HTML][HTML] Axisymmetric simulations of vertical displacement events in tokamaks: A benchmark of M3D-C1, NIMROD, and JOREK

I Krebs, FJ Artola, CR Sovinec, SC Jardin… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A benchmark exercise for the modeling of vertical displacement events (VDEs) is presented
and applied to the 3D nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic codes M3D-C 1, JOREK, and …

[PDF][PDF] Hybrid fluid-kinetic MHD simulations of the excitation of toroidal Alfven eigenmodes by fast particles and external antenna

A Dvornova - 2021 - research.tue.nl
Fusion is believed to be one of the most promising sources of clean and reliable energy in
the future. Of all the proposed designs of the fusion reactors, tokamaks gained the most …