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Quasi-static free-boundary equilibrium of toroidal plasma with CEDRES++: Computational methods and applications

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2015

H. Heumann ,
J. Blum ,
C. Boulbe ,
B. Faugeras ,
G. Selig ,
J.-M. Ané ,
S. Brémond ,
V. Grandgirard ,
P. Hertout  and
E. Nardon
H. Heumann*
Affiliation:
TEAM CASTOR, INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France and Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, UMR 7351, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 02, France
J. Blum
Affiliation:
TEAM CASTOR, INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France and Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, UMR 7351, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 02, France
C. Boulbe
Affiliation:
TEAM CASTOR, INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France and Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, UMR 7351, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 02, France
B. Faugeras
Affiliation:
TEAM CASTOR, INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France and Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, UMR 7351, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 02, France
G. Selig
Affiliation:
TEAM CASTOR, INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France and Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, UMR 7351, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 02, France
J.-M. Ané
Affiliation:
CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
S. Brémond
Affiliation:
CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
V. Grandgirard
Affiliation:
CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
P. Hertout
Affiliation:
CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
E. Nardon
Affiliation:
CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
*
éEmail address for correspondence: holger.heumann@inria.fr
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Abstract

We present a comprehensive survey of various computational methods in CEDRES++ (Couplage Equilibre Diffusion Résistive pour l'Etude des Scénarios) for finding equilibria of toroidal plasma. Our focus is on free-boundary plasma equilibria, where either poloidal field coil currents or the temporal evolution of voltages in poloidal field circuit systems are given data. Centered around a piecewise linear finite element representation of the poloidal flux map, our approach allows in large parts the use of established numerical schemes. The coupling of a finite element method and a boundary element method gives consistent numerical solutions for equilibrium problems in unbounded domains. We formulate a new Newton method for the discretized nonlinear problem to tackle the various nonlinearities, including the free plasma boundary. The Newton method guarantees fast convergence and is the main building block for the inverse equilibrium problems that we can handle in CEDRES++ as well. The inverse problems aim at finding either poloidal field coil currents that ensure a desired shape and position of the plasma or at finding the evolution of the voltages in the poloidal field circuit systems that ensure a prescribed evolution of the plasma shape and position. We provide equilibrium simulations for the tokamaks ITER and WEST to illustrate the performance of CEDRES++ and its application areas.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , June 2015 , 905810301
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