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On the Optimization of the Helically Symmetric Experiment Stellarator for Reduced Trapped-Electron-Mode Turbulence.
On the Optimization of the Helically Symmetric Experiment Stellarator for Reduced Trapped-Electron-Mode Turbulence.
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문
- Control Number
- 0017163886
- International Standard Book Number
- 9798383686553
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 530
- Main Entry-Personal Name
- Gerard, Michael J.
- Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint
- [S.l.] : The University of Wisconsin - Madison., 2024
- Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- Physical Description
- 207 p.
- General Note
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-02, Section: B.
- General Note
- Advisor: Geiger, Benedikt.
- Dissertation Note
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2024.
- Summary, Etc.
- 요약Magnetic confinement fusion (MCF) endeavors to provide a carbon-free energy source that can meet the growing worldwide energy demands. One of the major challenges in MCF is the turbulent transport of heat and particles across the confining magnetic field, which limits reactor performance. The stellarator approach to MCF may provide an elegant solution to this challenge by allowing 3D magnetic fields, which, when optimized, may confine a plasma better than other MCF devices.In this thesis, a novel optimization approach is used in which a database of over 106 ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibria is generated. These equilibria are produced by computationally varying individual coil currents in the Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) stellarator. The database is then used to investigate the operational space surrounding the standard quasi-helically symmetric (QHS) configuration for improved plasma confinement. A set of volume-averaged metrics is used to quickly assess entries in this database. It is found that the favorable neoclassical properties of the experiment can be preserved while modifying the magnetic field geometry. Moreover, using the gyrokinetic code GENE, the growth rate of the trapped-electron mode (TEM), which is the dominant microinstability driving turbulence in HSX, is shown to be reduced by increasing flux-surface elongation relative to the QHS configuration.The observed trends are leveraged to inform an expanded search in the configuration space that includes configurations with spoiled quasi-helical symmetry. It is found that increased elongation reduces growth rates only when quasi-helical symmetry is preserved. GENE-predicted trends are compared against the TEM available energy EA, a possible TEM optimization metric. It is found that lower values of EA and improved quasi-helical symmetry correlate with reduced growth rates but that neither predict the growth rate reduction observed with increasing elongation. Using a newly derived TEM resonance operator, these trends are analyzed to provide insights into the physical mechanism of the stabilization. For elongation, stabilization is attributed to geometric effects that reduce the destabilizing particle drifts across the magnetic field. The TEM resonance in the maximally resonant trapping well is shown to increase as the quasi-helical symmetry is broken, and breaking quasi-helical symmetry increases the prevalence of highly resonant trapping wells. While these results demonstrate the limitations of using any single metric as a linear TEM proxy, quasi-helical symmetry and plasma elongation are highly effective metrics for reducing TEM growth rates in helical equilibria.Nonlinear simulations are performed to compare the QHS configuration against a high-elongation quasi-helically symmetric (HE-QHS) configuration. It is found that despite the HE-QHS configuration having lower TEM growth rates and reduced EA, its heat flux is higher or comparable to QHS, depending on the background density gradient. Moreover, quasilinear (QL) estimates of the heat flux are shown to predict erroneous trends between geometries. The discrepancy between nonlinear simulations and QL estimates is due, in part, to the self-organization of the turbulent plasma into large-scale quasi-coherent density and potential fluctuations, which are driven by density-gradient-driven tearing-parity TEMs that may be nonlinearly coupled through the zonal flow. The physical mechanism of this process is investigated, and prospects for mitigating the impact of these quasi-coherent fluctuations by modifying the flux-surface geometry in the experiment are discussed.The results in this thesis provide a better understanding of TEM destabilization and the resulting turbulence in low-shear quasi-helically symmetric stellarator geometries. This will help inform new metrics and tools to design next-step fusion power plants.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Plasma physics.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Nuclear engineering.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Physics.
- Index Term-Uncontrolled
- Fusion
- Index Term-Uncontrolled
- Magnetic confinement
- Index Term-Uncontrolled
- Microinstability
- Index Term-Uncontrolled
- Optimization
- Index Term-Uncontrolled
- Stellarator
- Index Term-Uncontrolled
- Turbulence
- Added Entry-Corporate Name
- The University of Wisconsin - Madison Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics
- Host Item Entry
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-02B.
- Electronic Location and Access
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- joongbu:654654
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■24510▼aOn the Optimization of the Helically Symmetric Experiment Stellarator for Reduced Trapped-Electron-Mode Turbulence.
■260 ▼a[S.l.]▼bThe University of Wisconsin - Madison. ▼c2024
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■500 ▼aSource: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-02, Section: B.
■500 ▼aAdvisor: Geiger, Benedikt.
■5021 ▼aThesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2024.
■520 ▼aMagnetic confinement fusion (MCF) endeavors to provide a carbon-free energy source that can meet the growing worldwide energy demands. One of the major challenges in MCF is the turbulent transport of heat and particles across the confining magnetic field, which limits reactor performance. The stellarator approach to MCF may provide an elegant solution to this challenge by allowing 3D magnetic fields, which, when optimized, may confine a plasma better than other MCF devices.In this thesis, a novel optimization approach is used in which a database of over 106 ideal magnetohydrodynamic equilibria is generated. These equilibria are produced by computationally varying individual coil currents in the Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) stellarator. The database is then used to investigate the operational space surrounding the standard quasi-helically symmetric (QHS) configuration for improved plasma confinement. A set of volume-averaged metrics is used to quickly assess entries in this database. It is found that the favorable neoclassical properties of the experiment can be preserved while modifying the magnetic field geometry. Moreover, using the gyrokinetic code GENE, the growth rate of the trapped-electron mode (TEM), which is the dominant microinstability driving turbulence in HSX, is shown to be reduced by increasing flux-surface elongation relative to the QHS configuration.The observed trends are leveraged to inform an expanded search in the configuration space that includes configurations with spoiled quasi-helical symmetry. It is found that increased elongation reduces growth rates only when quasi-helical symmetry is preserved. GENE-predicted trends are compared against the TEM available energy EA, a possible TEM optimization metric. It is found that lower values of EA and improved quasi-helical symmetry correlate with reduced growth rates but that neither predict the growth rate reduction observed with increasing elongation. Using a newly derived TEM resonance operator, these trends are analyzed to provide insights into the physical mechanism of the stabilization. For elongation, stabilization is attributed to geometric effects that reduce the destabilizing particle drifts across the magnetic field. The TEM resonance in the maximally resonant trapping well is shown to increase as the quasi-helical symmetry is broken, and breaking quasi-helical symmetry increases the prevalence of highly resonant trapping wells. While these results demonstrate the limitations of using any single metric as a linear TEM proxy, quasi-helical symmetry and plasma elongation are highly effective metrics for reducing TEM growth rates in helical equilibria.Nonlinear simulations are performed to compare the QHS configuration against a high-elongation quasi-helically symmetric (HE-QHS) configuration. It is found that despite the HE-QHS configuration having lower TEM growth rates and reduced EA, its heat flux is higher or comparable to QHS, depending on the background density gradient. Moreover, quasilinear (QL) estimates of the heat flux are shown to predict erroneous trends between geometries. The discrepancy between nonlinear simulations and QL estimates is due, in part, to the self-organization of the turbulent plasma into large-scale quasi-coherent density and potential fluctuations, which are driven by density-gradient-driven tearing-parity TEMs that may be nonlinearly coupled through the zonal flow. The physical mechanism of this process is investigated, and prospects for mitigating the impact of these quasi-coherent fluctuations by modifying the flux-surface geometry in the experiment are discussed.The results in this thesis provide a better understanding of TEM destabilization and the resulting turbulence in low-shear quasi-helically symmetric stellarator geometries. This will help inform new metrics and tools to design next-step fusion power plants.
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0262.
■650 4▼aPlasma physics.
■650 4▼aNuclear engineering.
■650 4▼aPhysics.
■653 ▼aFusion
■653 ▼aMagnetic confinement
■653 ▼aMicroinstability
■653 ▼aOptimization
■653 ▼aStellarator
■653 ▼aTurbulence
■690 ▼a0759
■690 ▼a0552
■690 ▼a0605
■71020▼aThe University of Wisconsin - Madison▼bNuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics.
■7730 ▼tDissertations Abstracts International▼g86-02B.
■790 ▼a0262
■791 ▼aPh.D.
■792 ▼a2024
■793 ▼aEnglish
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