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Runaway electron modeling in the EU-IM framework
Oral
Soma Olasz (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, NTI)
G. I. Pokol, M. Aradi, M. Hoppe, EU-IM team
Abstract
In this presentation, we give a report on the status of runaway electron modelling in the EU Integrated Modelling (EU-IM) framework. One of the tools used in EU-IM is the European Transport Simulator workflow (ETS). ETS has a fluid code implemented (Runaway Fluid), which uses simple analytical formulae to estimate the runaway electron population [1]. We have imported Asdex Upgrade experimental data using EU-IM tools. This is used in ETS to model massive gas injection (MGI) disruptions. Initial results will be presented on predictive simulation of shot #33108 with massive argon injection. Interfacing of the NORSE code and implementation of the most recent analytical formulae on runaway generation rates [2,3] to the Runaway Fluid is in progress. Comparison of reduced kinetic model with kinetic simulation using the Runaway electron test workflow will be also reported.
[1] G.I. Pokol, et. al, Runaway electron modelling in the self-consistent core European Transport Simulator, ETS, Nuclear Fusion 59, 076024 (2019).
[2] L. Hesslow, O. Embreus, O. Vallhagen and T. Fülöp. Influence of massive material injection on avalanche runaway generation during tokamak disruptions, Nucl. Fusion 59, 084004 (2019).
[3] L. Hesslow, L. Unnerfelt, O. Vallhagen, O. Embreus, M. Hoppe, G. Papp and T. Fülöp. Evaluation of the Dreicer runaway growth rate in the presence of high-ZZ impurities using a neural network, Submitted to J. Plasma. Phys.