• NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES
  • Vol. 47, Issue 8, 080601 (2024)
Zhenzhe HAN1 and Pingwei ZHENG1,2,*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Resource Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 2Demonstration Base for International Science and Technology Cooperation on Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Safety, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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    DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.080601 Cite this Article
    Zhenzhe HAN, Pingwei ZHENG. Numerical investigation of Tokamak runaway current suppression by using massive deuterium-argon/neon gas mixture injection[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(8): 080601 Copy Citation Text show less
    Initial radial distribution of electron temperature (a) and density (b)
    Fig. 1. Initial radial distribution of electron temperature (a) and density (b)
    Evolution of plasma and a runaway current over time without gas mixture injection
    Fig. 2. Evolution of plasma and a runaway current over time without gas mixture injection
    Results of injecting a deuterium-argon gas mixture (nD=9.2×1020 m-3, nAr=1.1×1019 m-3) (a) Evolution of plasma current (solid lines), ohmic current (dotted lines), and runaway current (dashed lines) over time, (b) Evolution of the ohmic electric field over time for different normalized radial radii
    Fig. 3. Results of injecting a deuterium-argon gas mixture (nD=9.2×1020 m-3, nAr=1.1×1019 m-3) (a) Evolution of plasma current (solid lines), ohmic current (dotted lines), and runaway current (dashed lines) over time, (b) Evolution of the ohmic electric field over time for different normalized radial radii
    Results of the variations in the platform runaway current with the injected deuterium-argon content (a) nD=9.2×1020 m-3 is kept constant whilst the argon content is gradually increased, (b) nAr=4×1018 m-3 is kept constant whilst the deuterium content is gradually increased
    Fig. 4. Results of the variations in the platform runaway current with the injected deuterium-argon content (a) nD=9.2×1020 m-3 is kept constant whilst the argon content is gradually increased, (b) nAr=4×1018 m-3 is kept constant whilst the deuterium content is gradually increased
    Results of the variations in the platform runaway current with the injected deuterium-neon content (a) nD=9.2×1020 m-3 is kept constant whilst the amount of neon is gradually increased, (b) nNe=4.5×1018 m-3 is kept constant whilst the deuterium content is gradually increased
    Fig. 5. Results of the variations in the platform runaway current with the injected deuterium-neon content (a) nD=9.2×1020 m-3 is kept constant whilst the amount of neon is gradually increased, (b) nNe=4.5×1018 m-3 is kept constant whilst the deuterium content is gradually increased
    Collisional dissipation effects on the runaway current at high density (ne=1022 m-3)
    Fig. 6. Collisional dissipation effects on the runaway current at high density (ne=1022 m-3)
    Ip / MATe0 / keVIrep / MAIrep/Ip
    1.26.80.80.75
    1.86.81.40.76
    2.46.81.850.77
    1.2100.60.5
    1.8101.10.6
    Table 1. Results at different Ip and Te0 values without gas mixture injection
    Ip / MATe0 / keVnD / m-3nAr / m-3nAr/(nD+nAr)×100%Irep/ MAIrep/Ip
    1.26.87×10204×10180.57%0.140.11
    1.86.81.4×10218×10180.57%0.380.2
    2.46.81.9×10219.5×10180.50%0.590.25
    1.2104.5×10203.5×10180.70%0.120.1
    1.8101.1×10216.8×10180.62%0.310.14
    2.4101.5×10218.8×10180.60%0.50.2
    Table 2. Results of injecting the optimal content of deuterium-argon gas mixture
    Ip/ MATe0/ keVnD / m-3nNe / m-3nNe/(nD+nNe)×100%Irep/ MAIrep/Ip
    1.26.87×10204.5×10180.64%0.140.11
    1.86.81.4×10218.3×10180.59%0.370.2
    2.46.81.9×10219.7×10180.51%0.570.24
    Table 3. Results of injecting the optimal content of deuterium-neon gas mixture
    Zhenzhe HAN, Pingwei ZHENG. Numerical investigation of Tokamak runaway current suppression by using massive deuterium-argon/neon gas mixture injection[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(8): 080601
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