The microwave reflectometer is a popular non-intrusive plasma density diagnostic instrument on tokamaks that provides centimeter and millisecond level resolution.The ultrashort-pulse reflectometer(USPR)achieves plasma...The microwave reflectometer is a popular non-intrusive plasma density diagnostic instrument on tokamaks that provides centimeter and millisecond level resolution.The ultrashort-pulse reflectometer(USPR)achieves plasma density measurement by emitting a chirped wave containing a broadband signal and measuring the time of flight from different frequency components.A USPR system is currently being built on EAST(Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak)to meet the needs of diagnostic of the pedestal density evolution,such as high-frequency small edge-localized modes.In order to predict the density reconstruction of the EAST USPR system,this work presents a numerical simulation study of the beam propagation of the chirped wave of extraordinary waves(X-mode)in the plasma based on Python.The electron density profile has been successfully reconstructed by the reflection signal interpretation.The small gap between the right-hand cut-off layer and the electron cyclotron resonance layer,due to the low plasma density on the plasma edge,causes unexpected leakage from the transmitting microwave beam to the pedestal and the core region.This kind of‘tunneling’effect will cause the reflected signal to have energy loss in the low-frequency band.The study also discusses the influence of the poloidal magnetic field on the reflected signal.The spatial variation of the poloidal magnetic field will lead to the conversion between extraordinary(X)waves and ordinary(O)waves,which leads to energy loss in the reflected signals.The simulation results show that the‘tunneling’effect and the O-X mode conversion effect have little effect on the EAST USPR system.Therefore,the currently designed transmit power meets the working requirements.展开更多
基于C++撰写测试程序,研究SIMPLE(Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations)、SIMPLEC(SIMPLE Consistent)、SIMPLER(SIMPLE Revised)、SIMPLEX(SIMPLE Extrapolation)以及PISO(Pressure-Implicit with Splitting of Operat...基于C++撰写测试程序,研究SIMPLE(Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations)、SIMPLEC(SIMPLE Consistent)、SIMPLER(SIMPLE Revised)、SIMPLEX(SIMPLE Extrapolation)以及PISO(Pressure-Implicit with Splitting of Operators)等压力修正算法对刮削层等离子体Braginskii输运方程数值求解性能的影响。测试程序采用SOLPS(Scrape-Off Layer Plasma Simulation)的等离子体模型方程,数值计算针对简化平板模型开展。结果表明:5种压力修正算法均能使程序收敛至正确的结果,其中PISO算法的收敛速度最快,SIMPLE、SIMPLEC、SIMPLER、SIMPLEX的收敛速度无明显差异。展开更多
基金supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Energy R&D Program of China(No.2019YFE03030004)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12005144)。
文摘The microwave reflectometer is a popular non-intrusive plasma density diagnostic instrument on tokamaks that provides centimeter and millisecond level resolution.The ultrashort-pulse reflectometer(USPR)achieves plasma density measurement by emitting a chirped wave containing a broadband signal and measuring the time of flight from different frequency components.A USPR system is currently being built on EAST(Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak)to meet the needs of diagnostic of the pedestal density evolution,such as high-frequency small edge-localized modes.In order to predict the density reconstruction of the EAST USPR system,this work presents a numerical simulation study of the beam propagation of the chirped wave of extraordinary waves(X-mode)in the plasma based on Python.The electron density profile has been successfully reconstructed by the reflection signal interpretation.The small gap between the right-hand cut-off layer and the electron cyclotron resonance layer,due to the low plasma density on the plasma edge,causes unexpected leakage from the transmitting microwave beam to the pedestal and the core region.This kind of‘tunneling’effect will cause the reflected signal to have energy loss in the low-frequency band.The study also discusses the influence of the poloidal magnetic field on the reflected signal.The spatial variation of the poloidal magnetic field will lead to the conversion between extraordinary(X)waves and ordinary(O)waves,which leads to energy loss in the reflected signals.The simulation results show that the‘tunneling’effect and the O-X mode conversion effect have little effect on the EAST USPR system.Therefore,the currently designed transmit power meets the working requirements.
