Problem-Oriented Simulation Packages and Computational Infrastructure for Numerical Studies of Powerful Gyrotrons

5th International Workshop & Summer School on Plasma Physics 2012

Damyanova, M.^1 ; Sabchevski, S.^1 ; Zhelyazkov, I.^2 ; Vasileva, E.^1 ; Balabanova, E.^1 ; Dankov, P.^2 ; Malinov, P.^2

Academician Emil Djakov Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Association EURATOM-INRNE, 72 Tzarigradso chaussee Blvd., Sofia

BG-1784, Bulgaria^1

Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Association EURATOM-INRNE, 5 James Bourchier Blvd., Sofia

BG-1164, Bulgaria^2

关键词: Computational infrastructure;    Computer aided designs (CAD);    Electron cyclotron current drive;    Electron cyclotron resonance heating;    Magnetically confined plasmas;    Post processing;    Simulation packages;    Thermonuclear fusion;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/715/1/012001/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/715/1/012001

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Powerful gyrotrons are necessary as sources of strong microwaves for electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) and electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) of magnetically confined plasmas in various reactors (most notably ITER) for controlled thermonuclear fusion. Adequate physical models and efficient problem-oriented software packages are essential tools for numerical studies, analysis, optimization and computer-aided design (CAD) of such high-performance gyrotrons operating in a CW mode and delivering output power of the order of 1-2 MW. In this report we present the current status of our simulation tools (physical models, numerical codes, pre- and post-processing programs, etc.) as well as the computational infrastructure on which they are being developed, maintained and executed.