Modelling of vertical displacement events in tokamaks: status and challenges ahead

FJ Artola, N Schwarz, S Gerasimov… - Plasma Physics and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we revisit the physics of mitigated and unmitigated Vertical Displacement
Events (VDEs) and present a summary of present modelling efforts and code capabilities …

MHD modeling of shattered pellet injection in JET

J McClenaghan, BC Lyons, CC Kim, C Akcay… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Nonlinear 3D MHD simulations of shattered-pellet injection (SPI) in JET show prototypical
SPI-driven disruptions using the M3D-C1 and NIMROD extended-MHD codes. Initially …

Collisional-radiative simulation of impurity assimilation, radiative collapse and MHD dynamics after ITER shattered pellet injection

D Hu, E Nardon, FJ Artola, M Lehnen, D Bonfiglio… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent studies suggest significant time delay between the Shattered Pellet Injection (SPI)
fragment arrival and the temperature radiative collapse could exist in ITER, depending on …

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 …

Nonlinear MHD modeling of neon doped shattered pellet injection with JOREK and its comparison to experiments in KSTAR

SJ Lee, D Hu, M Lehnen, E Nardon, J Kim… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract 3D nonlinear MHD simulations of neon-doped single shattered pellet injection (SPI)
conducted with the JOREK code reveal rich physics during SPI-induced disruptions in …

Runaway electron dynamics in ITER disruptions with shattered pellet injections

O Vallhagen, L Hanebring, FJ Artola, M Lehnen… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This study systematically explores the parameter space of disruption mitigation through
shattered pellet injection in ITER with a focus on runaway electron dynamics, using the …

Density and temperature profiles after low-Z and high-Z shattered pellet injections on DIII-D

A Lvovskiy, A Matsuyama, T O'Gorman, D Shiraki… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work we utilize the recently upgraded Thomson scattering diagnostic to resolve
density and temperature plasma profiles after pure deuterium and mixed neon/deuterium …

Peridynamic modelling of cryogenic deuterium pellet fragmentation for shattered pellet injection in tokamaks

SJ Lee, E Madenci, YS Na, P de Marné, M Dibon… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Shattered pellet injection (SPI) is a promising method for controlling plasma disruptions in
tokamaks. In this study, we present numerical modelling of the fragmentation of cryogenic …

DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy

CT Holcomb, J Abbate, A Abe, A Abrams… - Nuclear …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The DIII-D tokamak research program utilizes a favourable combination of fusion-relevant
size, flexible and varied actuators, and outstanding diagnostics to provide scientific solutions …

Characterization of early current quench time during massive impurity injection in JT-60SA

T Yokoyama, A Matsuyama, Y Yamamoto… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Characteristics of the early current quench (CQ) time in mitigated disruptions are studied for
a full-current (5.5 MA) scenario in the JT-60SA superconducting tokamak. Self-consistent …