Electric field and turbulence in global Braginskii simulations across the ASDEX Upgrade edge and scrape-off layer

W Zholobenko, T Body, P Manz… - Plasma Physics and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Turbulence simulations in diverted geometry across the edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) of
ASDEX Upgrade are performed with the GRILLIX code (Stegmeir et al 2019 Phys. Plasmas …

Global turbulence simulations of the tokamak edge region with GRILLIX

A Stegmeir, A Ross, T Body, M Francisquez… - Physics of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Turbulent dynamics in the scrape-off layer of magnetic fusion devices is intermittent with
large fluctuations in density and pressure. Therefore, a model is required that allows …

Electromagnetic full-gyrokinetics in the tokamak edge with discontinuous Galerkin methods

NR Mandell, A Hakim, GW Hammett… - Journal of Plasma …, 2020 - cambridge.org
We present an energy-conserving discontinuous Galerkin scheme for the full-, the inductive
component of the parallel electric field, using a generalized Ohm's law derived directly from …

Simulation of plasma turbulence in the periphery of diverted tokamak by using the GBS code

P Paruta, P Ricci, F Riva, C Wersal, C Beadle… - Physics of Plasmas, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the implementation of diverted magnetic equilibria in GBS and on first
simulations in this geometry. GBS is a simulation code used to evolve plasma turbulence in …

[HTML][HTML] Landau-fluid simulations of edge-SOL turbulence with GRILLIX

C Pitzal, A Stegmeir, W Zholobenko, K Zhang… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The Landau-fluid closure for parallel heat fluxes is implemented in the edge turbulence fluid
code GRILLIX, replacing the previously used collisional Braginskii closure (with limiters) …

GDB: A global 3D two-fluid model of plasma turbulence and transport in the tokamak edge

B Zhu, M Francisquez, BN Rogers - Computer Physics Communications, 2018 - Elsevier
The global drift-ballooning (GDB) code is developed to study tokamak edge low frequency
turbulence and transport, and their relationship to global profile evolution. The code employs …

Prediction of divertor heat flux width for ITER using BOUT++ transport and turbulence module

ZY Li, XQ Xu, NM Li, VS Chan, XG Wang - Nuclear Fusion, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Investigation of turbulent transport dynamics in scrape-off-layer (SOL) and divertor heat flux
width prediction is performed for ITER. Both BOUT++ transport and BOUT++ turbulence …

Investigation of turbulent transport regimes in the tokamak edge by using two-fluid simulations

M Giacomin, P Ricci - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2020 - cambridge.org
The results of flux-driven, two-fluid simulations in single-null configurations are used to
investigate the processes determining the turbulent transport in the tokamak edge. Three …

Pedestal and edge electrostatic turbulence characteristics from an XGC1 gyrokinetic simulation

RM Churchill, CS Chang, S Ku… - Plasma Physics and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding the multi-scale neoclassical and turbulence physics in the edge region
(pedestal+ scrape-off layer (SOL)) is required in order to reliably predict performance in …

[HTML][HTML] Full-f gyrokinetic simulation of turbulence in a helical open-field-line plasma

EL Shi, GW Hammett, T Stoltzfus-Dueck, A Hakim - Physics of Plasmas, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Curvature-driven turbulence in a helical open-field-line plasma is investigated using
electrostatic five-dimensional gyrokinetic continuum simulations in an all-bad-curvature …