Physical model assessment of the energy confinement time scaling in stellarators

  • A. Dinklage
  • , H. Maaberg
  • , R. Preuss
  • , Yu A. Turkin
  • , H. Yamada
  • , E. Ascasibar
  • , C. D. Beidler
  • , H. Funaba
  • , J. H. Harris
  • , A. Kus
  • , S. Murakami
  • , S. Okamura
  • , F. Sano
  • , U. Stroth
  • , Y. Suzuki
  • , J. Talmadge
  • , V. Tribaldos
  • , K. Y. Watanabe
  • , A. Werner
  • , A. Weller
  • M. Yokoyama

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Abstract

The International Stellarator Confinement Database (ISCDB) is a joint effort of the helical device community. It is publicly available at http://www.ipp.mpg.de/ISS and http://iscdb.nifs.ac.jp. The validity of physics models is investigated employing ISCDB data. Bayesian model comparison shows differences in the confinement scaling of data subgroups. Theory-based assessment of pure neoclassical transport regimes, however, indicates scalability which is supported by experimental results in specific W7-AS scenarios. Therefore, neoclassical simulations are employed for predictive purposes in W7-X, accounting for effects due to power deposition, plasma profiles and the ambipolar radial electric field. Neoclassical case studies for W7-X are presented as examples for the neoclassical predictions to be considered as an upper limit of plasma performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1265-1273
Number of pages9
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume47
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

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