An overview of the numerical methods for tokamak plasma equilibrium computation implemented in the NICE code

B Faugeras - Fusion engineering and design, 2020 - Elsevier
The code NICE (Newton direct and Inverse Computation for Equilibrium) enables to solve
numerically several problems of plasma free-boundary equilibrium computations in a …

CREATE-NL+: A robust control-oriented free boundary dynamic plasma equilibrium solver

R Albanese, R Ambrosino, M Mattei - Fusion Engineering and Design, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract CREATE-NL+ is a FEM (Finite Elements Method) solver of the free boundary
dynamic plasma equilibrium problem, ie the MHD (Magneto Hydro Dynamics) time evolution …

TokaMaker: An open-source time-dependent Grad-Shafranov tool for the design and modeling of axisymmetric fusion devices

C Hansen, IG Stewart, D Burgess, M Pharr… - Computer Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a new static and time-dependent MagnetoHydroDynamic (MHD)
equilibrium code, TokaMaker, for axisymmetric configurations of magnetized plasmas …

Plasma magnetic control in tokamak devices

G De Tommasi - Journal of Fusion Energy, 2019 - Springer
In tokamak experimental reactors, the magnetic control system is one of the main plasma
control systems that is required, together with the density control, since the very beginning …

Overview of recent experimental results from the ADITYA-U tokamak

RL Tanna, T Macwan, J Ghosh, KA Jadeja… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the 2018 IAEA-FEC conference, in addition to expanding the parameter horizons of
the ADITYA-U machine, emphasis has been given to dedicated experiments on inductively …

Numerical simulation of tokamak plasma equilibrium evolution

G Gros, B Faugeras, C Boulbe, JF Artaud… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the numerical methods recently developed in order to simulate the
time evolution of a tokamak plasma equilibrium at the resistive diffusion time scale. Starting …

[HTML][HTML] FreeGSNKE: A Python-based dynamic free-boundary toroidal plasma equilibrium solver

NC Amorisco, A Agnello, G Holt, M Mars… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present a Python-based numerical solver for the two-dimensional dynamic plasma
equilibrium problem. We model the time evolution of toroidally symmetric free-boundary …

Reconstruction of plasma equilibrium and separatrix using convolutional physics-informed neural operator

M Bonotto, D Abate, L Pigatto - Fusion Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present PlaNet (PLAsma equilibrium reconstruction NET work), a Deep-
Learning-based tool for performing plasma equilibrium and separatrix reconstruction …

Development of free-boundary equilibrium and transport solvers for simulation and real-time interpretation of tokamak experiments

F Carpanese - 2021 - infoscience.epfl.ch
To exploit fusion as a source of energy, a hot and dense confined plasma is needed. This is
achieved in tokamaks by actively controlling the plasma state meaning in particular shape …

Automating the design of tokamak experiment scenarios

J Blum, H Heumann, E Nardon, X Song - Journal of Computational Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
The real-time control of plasma position, shape and current in a tokamak has to be ensured
by a number of electrical circuits consisting of voltage suppliers and axisymmetric coils …