Magnetic energy conversion and runaway regeneration during fast deconfinement of vertically unstable disruption generated runaway beams
The fast deconfinement of a vertically unstable runaway beam is investigated using a 0-D model which includes self-consistently the vertical plasma motion and the generation of runaway electrons Kiramov and Breizman (2017 Physics of Plasmas 24 100702). It is found that due to the decay of the runawa...
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| description | The fast deconfinement of a vertically unstable runaway beam is investigated using a 0-D model which includes self-consistently the vertical plasma motion and the generation of runaway electrons Kiramov and Breizman (2017 Physics of Plasmas 24 100702). It is found that due to the decay of the runaway current during deconfinement, the plasma is vertically accelerated, leading to a substantial enhancement of the electric field when it touches the wall, which can result in a large runaway avalanche, regeneration of the runaway current and noticeable energy deposition on the runaway beam. The dependence of the conversion of magnetic into runaway kinetic energy on the characteristic deconfinement time of the runaway electrons, the resistive time of the residual ohmic plasma during the disruption, and the initial current and position of the runaway beam is also investigated. Negligible conversion of magnetic into runaway kinetic energy and runaway regeneration are found for characteristic deconfinement times lower than 0.5 ms and low temperatures (a few eVs) of the residual ohmic plasma. Moreover, estimates of the power fluxes on the plasma facing components suggest that, unless the runaway current at deconfinement is small enough ( ${\lt}1\ \mathrm{MA}$ ), shorter deconfinement times would be required to increase the runaway wetted area to levels enough to avoid melting of the first wall materials (Be or W). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-81971feebc2444e58777729670d57db22025-08-20T03:26:25ZengIOP PublishingNuclear Fusion0029-55152025-01-0165707600910.1088/1741-4326/addb5bMagnetic energy conversion and runaway regeneration during fast deconfinement of vertically unstable disruption generated runaway beamsJ.R. Martín-Solís0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0458-4405J.A. Mier1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4411-1744F.J. Artola2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-1093A. Loarte3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9592-1117Universidad Carlos III de Madrid , Avenida de la Universidad 30, 28911 Madrid, SpainUniversidad de Cantabria , Avenida de los Castros s/n, 39005 Santander, SpainITER Organization , Route de Vinon sur Verdon, 13115 St Paul Lez Durance, FranceITER Organization , Route de Vinon sur Verdon, 13115 St Paul Lez Durance, FranceThe fast deconfinement of a vertically unstable runaway beam is investigated using a 0-D model which includes self-consistently the vertical plasma motion and the generation of runaway electrons Kiramov and Breizman (2017 Physics of Plasmas 24 100702). It is found that due to the decay of the runaway current during deconfinement, the plasma is vertically accelerated, leading to a substantial enhancement of the electric field when it touches the wall, which can result in a large runaway avalanche, regeneration of the runaway current and noticeable energy deposition on the runaway beam. The dependence of the conversion of magnetic into runaway kinetic energy on the characteristic deconfinement time of the runaway electrons, the resistive time of the residual ohmic plasma during the disruption, and the initial current and position of the runaway beam is also investigated. Negligible conversion of magnetic into runaway kinetic energy and runaway regeneration are found for characteristic deconfinement times lower than 0.5 ms and low temperatures (a few eVs) of the residual ohmic plasma. Moreover, estimates of the power fluxes on the plasma facing components suggest that, unless the runaway current at deconfinement is small enough ( ${\lt}1\ \mathrm{MA}$ ), shorter deconfinement times would be required to increase the runaway wetted area to levels enough to avoid melting of the first wall materials (Be or W).https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/addb5bdisruptionrunaway electronsrunaway avalancherunaway deconfinement and energy conversionvertical displacement eventscraping-off |
| spellingShingle | J.R. Martín-Solís J.A. Mier F.J. Artola A. Loarte Magnetic energy conversion and runaway regeneration during fast deconfinement of vertically unstable disruption generated runaway beams Nuclear Fusion disruption runaway electrons runaway avalanche runaway deconfinement and energy conversion vertical displacement event scraping-off |
| title | Magnetic energy conversion and runaway regeneration during fast deconfinement of vertically unstable disruption generated runaway beams |
| title_full | Magnetic energy conversion and runaway regeneration during fast deconfinement of vertically unstable disruption generated runaway beams |
| title_fullStr | Magnetic energy conversion and runaway regeneration during fast deconfinement of vertically unstable disruption generated runaway beams |
| title_full_unstemmed | Magnetic energy conversion and runaway regeneration during fast deconfinement of vertically unstable disruption generated runaway beams |
| title_short | Magnetic energy conversion and runaway regeneration during fast deconfinement of vertically unstable disruption generated runaway beams |
| title_sort | magnetic energy conversion and runaway regeneration during fast deconfinement of vertically unstable disruption generated runaway beams |
| topic | disruption runaway electrons runaway avalanche runaway deconfinement and energy conversion vertical displacement event scraping-off |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/addb5b |
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