Simulation of supersonic molecular beam injection fueling into H-mode plasmas on EAST using BOUT++

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Transport dynamic 2D simulations for supersonic molecular beam injection (SMBI) fueling into H-mode deuterium plasmas on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is first simulated using a seven-field two-fluid model in the BOUT++ framework. The SMB is assumed to be injected into plasma from the midplane at the low field side with a fixed width and constant molecular flux. The different densities and injection velocities of SMBI are investigated within the upper single-null geometry of EAST. The simulations indicate that the SMBI has a self-shielding effect on molecules' inward transport into the plasma, and the deposition of SMBI leads to a large increase in plasma density and decrease in plasma temperature. There is a velocity threshold for SMB penetrating the pedestal and depositing at the top of density pedestal. However, the deposition point would be back toward the plasma boundary after SMB arriving at the deepest penetration position. Comparing the different molecular injection velocities and densities, the outcomes demonstrate that the depth of deposition is closely related to the injection velocity rather than the molecular density. The simulated results show good agreement with the EAST experiments by comparing the electron density profiles obtained by simulation and experiment, respectively. These results will be helpful for guiding future experiments, as well as the design of the SMBI system.

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Qian, Y. Z., Xia, T. Y., Huang, Y. Q., Sun, Z., Zuo, G. Z., Xu, W., … Hu, J. S. (2020). Simulation of supersonic molecular beam injection fueling into H-mode plasmas on EAST using BOUT++. Physics of Plasmas, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5119043

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