Theory of plasma blob formation and its numerical and experimental validations

N Bisai, A Sen - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2023 - Springer
Plasma 'blobs', which are localized enhanced density structures, have been widely
observed in the turbulent edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) of several tokamaks. They are …

Validation of edge turbulence codes against the TCV-X21 diverted L-mode reference case

DS Oliveira, T Body, D Galassi, C Theiler… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Self-consistent full-size turbulent-transport simulations of the divertor and scrape-off-layer
(SOL) of existing tokamaks have recently become feasible. This enables the direct …

GRILLIX: a 3D turbulence code based on the flux-coordinate independent approach

A Stegmeir, D Coster, A Ross, O Maj… - Plasma Physics and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The GRILLIX code is presented with which plasma turbulence/transport in various
geometries can be simulated in 3D. The distinguishing feature of the code is that it is based …

Hermes-3: Multi-component plasma simulations with BOUT++

B Dudson, M Kryjak, H Muhammed, P Hill… - Computer Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
A new open source tool for fluid simulation of multi-component plasmas is presented, based
on a flexible software design that is applicable to scientific simulations in a wide range of …

Global turbulence simulations of the tokamak edge region with GRILLIX

A Stegmeir, A Ross, T Body, M Francisquez… - Physics of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Turbulent dynamics in the scrape-off layer of magnetic fusion devices is intermittent with
large fluctuations in density and pressure. Therefore, a model is required that allows …

Progress in edge plasma turbulence modelling—hierarchy of models from 2D transport application to 3D fluid simulations in realistic tokamak geometry

H Bufferand, J Bucalossi, G Ciraolo, G Falchetto… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This contribution presents the recent effort at CEA and French federation for fusion to
simulate edge plasma transport with the new code SOLEDGE3X. The latter can be used …

Hermes: global plasma edge fluid turbulence simulations

BD Dudson, J Leddy - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The transport of heat and particles in the relatively collisional edge regions of magnetically
confined plasmas is a scientifically challenging and technologically important problem …

Analysis of locally-aligned and non-aligned discretisation schemes for reactor-scale tokamak edge turbulence simulations

A Stegmeir, T Body, W Zholobenko - Computer Physics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Edge turbulence codes will play a key role in the interpretation of ITER data and for reliable
predictions of EU-DEMO. At present, such codes are not yet capable of routine simulations …

Drift reduced Landau fluid model for magnetized plasma turbulence simulations in BOUT++ framework

B Zhu, H Seto, X Xu, M Yagi - Computer Physics Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently the drift-reduced Landau fluid six-field turbulence model within the BOUT++
framework [1] has been upgraded. In particular, this new model employs a new …

Simulation of plasma turbulence in the periphery of diverted tokamak by using the GBS code

P Paruta, P Ricci, F Riva, C Wersal, C Beadle… - Physics of Plasmas, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the implementation of diverted magnetic equilibria in GBS and on first
simulations in this geometry. GBS is a simulation code used to evolve plasma turbulence in …