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Chin. Phys. B, 2024, Vol. 33(11): 115201    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ad711e
PHYSICS OF GASES, PLASMAS, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES Prev  

Comparative study of boron and neon injections on divertor heat fluxes using SOLPS-ITER simulations

Lei Peng(彭磊)1, Zhen Sun(孙震)2, Ji-Zhong Sun(孙继忠)1,†, Rajesh Maingi2, Fang Gao(高放)3, Hua-Yi Chang(常华溢)1, Wei-Kang Wang(汪炜康)1, and Jin-Yuan Liu(刘金远)1
1 Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion, and Electron Beams (Ministry of Education), Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;
2 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 08543, United States of America;
3 School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China
Abstract  Based on the EAST equilibrium, the effects of boron (B) and neon (Ne) injected at different locations on the target heat load, and the distributions of B and Ne particles were investigated by transport code SOLPS-ITER. It was found that the B injection was more sensitive to the injection location for heat flux control than impurity Ne. The high electron and ion densities near the inner target in the discharge with impurity B injected from over $X$-point ($R_{1}$) led to plasma detachment only at the inner target, and the localized B ions in the cases with injection from outer target location ($R_{2}$) and upstream location ($R_{3}$) led to far-SOL detachment at the outer target, but not at the inner target. In contrast, for Ne, the spatial distributions of Ne ions and electrons were found to be similar in all the cases at the three injection locations, and the detached plasma was achieved at the inner target and the electron temperature was reduced at the outer target. For locations $R_{2}$ and $R_{3}$, impurity B showed a more pronounced effect on the heat flux at the far-SOL of the outer target. Further analysis indicated that Ne atoms came mainly from the recycling sources, whereas B atoms came mainly from injection, and that their distinct atomic distributions resulted from the difference in the ionization threshold and ionization mean free path. In addition, the radiation proportion of B in the divertor region was larger than that of Ne when the total radiation power was similar, which suggests that B has less influence on the core region.
Keywords:  boron      neon      injection location      heat flux  
Received:  29 June 2024      Revised:  13 August 2024      Accepted manuscript online:  20 August 2024
PACS:  52.25.Vy (Impurities in plasmas)  
  52.55.Fa (Tokamaks, spherical tokamaks)  
  52.55.Rk (Power exhaust; divertors)  
  52.65.-y (Plasma simulation)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2019YFE03030004), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12275040), and the Users with Excellence Program of Hefei Science Center CAS (Grant No. 2020HSC-UE010). This research is also sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DEAC02-09CH11466.
Corresponding Authors:  Ji-Zhong Sun     E-mail:  jsun@dlut.edu.cn

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Lei Peng(彭磊), Zhen Sun(孙震), Ji-Zhong Sun(孙继忠), Rajesh Maingi, Fang Gao(高放), Hua-Yi Chang(常华溢), Wei-Kang Wang(汪炜康), and Jin-Yuan Liu(刘金远) Comparative study of boron and neon injections on divertor heat fluxes using SOLPS-ITER simulations 2024 Chin. Phys. B 33 115201

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