Simulations of NSTX with a Liquid Lithium Divertor Module

Abstract

A strategy to develop self‐consistent simulations of the behavior of lithium in the Liquid Lithium Divertor (LLD) module to be installed in NSTX is described. In this initial stage of the plan, the UEDGE edge plasma transport code is used to simulate an existing NSTX shot, with UEDGE's transport coefficients set using midplane and divertor diagnostic data. The LLD is incorporated into the simulations as a reduction in the recycling coefficient over the outer divertor. Heat transfer calculations performed using the resulting heat flux profiles provide preliminary estimates on operating limits for the LLD as well as input data for subsequent steps in the LLD modeling effort (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 01, 2010
Source ID
10.1002/ctpp.201010060

Entities

People

  • A.yu. Pigarov
  • D. P. Stotler
  • H.w. Kugel
  • L.e. Zakharov
  • R. Maingi
  • T.d. Rognlien
  • V. A. Soukhanovskii

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.