Non-local approach to kinetic effects on parallel transport in fluid models of the scrape-off layer
Abstract
By using a non-local model, fluid simulations can capture kinetic effects in the parallel electron heat-flux better than is possible using flux limiters in the usual diffusive models. Non-local and diffusive models are compared using a test case representative of an ELM crash in the JET SOL, simulated in one dimension. The non-local model shows substantially enhanced electron temperature gradients, which cannot be achieved using a flux limiter. The performance of the implementation, in the BOUT++ framework, is also analysed to demonstrate its suitability for application in three-dimensional simulations of turbulent transport in the SOL.
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@article{arxiv.1302.0676,
title = {Non-local approach to kinetic effects on parallel transport in fluid models of the scrape-off layer},
author = {John Omotani and Ben Dudson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.0676},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
Accepted version. Corrected normalization in (6). This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at doi:10.1088/0741-3335/55/5/055009