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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 9, 3403023 (2014)

Regular Articles

JINTRAC: A System of Codes for Integrated Simulation of Tokamak Scenarios
Michele ROMANELLI1), Gerard CORRIGAN1), Vassili PARAIL1), Sven WIESEN1,2), Roberto AMBROSINO3), Paula DA SILVA ARESTA BELO1,4), Luca GARZOTTI1), Derek HARTING1), Florian KÖCHL1,5), Tuomas KOSKELA1,6), Laura LAURO-TARONI1), Chiara MARCHETTO1,7), Massimiliano MATTEI3), Elina MILITELLO-ASP1), Maria Filomena Ferreira NAVE4), Stanislas PAMELA1), Antti SALMI6), Pär STRAND8), Gabor SZEPESI7) and EFDA-JET Contributors9)
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Association EURATOM-CCFE, Culham Science Centre, OX143XU, Abingdon, UK
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Association EURATOM-FZJ, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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Association EURATOM-ENEA, CREATE, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
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Association EURATOM-IPFN, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Association EURATOM-AÖW, technical University Wien, 1020 Vienna, Austria
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Association EURATOM-TEKES, Aalto University, PO Box 4100, 02015 Espoo, Finland
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Association EURATOM-ENEA, Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, CNR, Milano, Italy
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Association EURATOM-VR, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
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JET-EFDA, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK
(Received 9 December 2013 / Accepted 4 February 2014 / Published 7 April 2014)

Abstract

Operation and exploitation of present and future Tokamak reactors require advanced scenario modeling in order to optimize engineering parameters in the design phase as well as physics performance during the exploitation phase. The simulation of Tokamak scenarios involves simultaneous modeling of different regions of the reactor, characterized by different physics and symmetries, in order to predict quantities such as particle and energy confinement, fusion yield, power deposited on wall, wall load from fast particles. JINTRAC is a system of 25 interfaced Tokamak-physics codes for the integrated simulation of all phases of a Tokamak scenario. JINTRAC predictions reflect the physics and assumptions implemented in each module and extensive comparison with experimental data is needed to allow validation of the models and improvement of Tokamak-physics understanding.

Keywords

Tokamak, scenario modelling, integrated modelling, transport, scrape-off layer, fuelling and heating

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.9.3403023

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This paper may be cited as follows:

Michele ROMANELLI, Gerard CORRIGAN, Vassili PARAIL, Sven WIESEN, Roberto AMBROSINO, Paula DA SILVA ARESTA BELO, Luca GARZOTTI, Derek HARTING, Florian KÖCHL, Tuomas KOSKELA, Laura LAURO-TARONI, Chiara MARCHETTO, Massimiliano MATTEI, Elina MILITELLO-ASP, Maria Filomena Ferreira NAVE, Stanislas PAMELA, Antti SALMI, Pär STRAND, Gabor SZEPESI and EFDA-JET Contributors, Plasma Fusion Res. 9, 3403023 (2014).