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JET D-T scenario with optimized non-thermal fusion

Javier García Hernández, Mikhail Maslov, Haomin Sun, Michele Marin

In JET deuterium-tritium (D-T) plasmas, the fusion power is produced through thermonuclear reactions and reactions between thermal ions and fast particles generated by neutral beam injection (NBI) heating or accelerated by electromagnetic wave heating in t ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2023

Equilibrium pressure limits in stellarators

Antoine Baillod

This thesis delves into the potential of magnetic fusion energy, and in particular focuses on the stellarator concept. Stellarators use external coils to produce 3-dimensional (3D) magnetic fields that confine a thermonuclear plasma in a topologically toro ...

EPFL2023

Implementation of multi-component Zhdanov closure in SOLEDGE3X

Davide Galassi, Madhusudan Raghunathan

The multi-component fluid closure derived by Zhdanov (2002 Transport Processes in Multicomponent Plasma (London: Taylor and Francis)) is implemented in the fluid code SOLEDGE3X-EIRENE to deal with arbitrary edge plasma composition. The closure assumes no d ...

2022

Drift-related transport and plasma-neutral interaction in the TCV divertor

Mirko Wensing

Thermonuclear fusion of light atoms is the primary energy source of stars, such as our Sun, that led to the emergence of life on Earth. However, its economic exploitation as a virtually unlimited and clean energy source is yet to be developed. One of the m ...

EPFL2021

Data assimilation of post irradiation examination experiments to adjust fission yields

Andreas Pautz, Mathieu Hursin, Daniel Jerôme Siefman

Nuclear data, especially fission yields, create uncertainties in the predicted concentrations of fission products in spent fuel. Herein, we present a new framework that extends data assimilation methods to burnup simulations by using data from post-irradia ...

E D P SCIENCES2020

First principles and integrated modelling achievements towards trustful fusion power predictions for JET and ITER

Yiming Li, Olivier Sauter, Richard Pitts, Ambrogio Fasoli, Basil Duval, Henri Weisen, Yann Camenen, Jan Horacek, Javier García Hernández, Duccio Testa, Marco Wischmeier, Nicola Vianello, Mikhail Maslov, Federico Nespoli, Patrick Blanchard, Alessandro Pau, Davide Galassi, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Antonio José Pereira de Figueiredo, Cristian Sommariva, Hamish William Patten, Jonathan Graves, Emiliano Fable, Francesca Maria Poli, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Daniele Brunetti, Anna Teplukhina, Samuel Lanthaler, Haomin Sun, Alberto Mariani, Michele Marin

Predictability of burning plasmas is a key issue for designing and building credible future fusion devices. In this context, an important effort of physics understanding and guidance is being carried out in parallel to JET experimental campaigns in H and D ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2019

Determination of the activity inventory and associated uncertainty quantification for the CROCUS zero power research reactor

Andreas Pautz, Vincent Pierre Lamirand, Mathieu Hursin, Pavel Frajtag

The paper describes the source term estimation of CROCUS, the zero power research reactor of EPFL, to be used for dispersion analysis under accidental conditions. To fulfil regulatory requirements, the source term of the CROCUS fuel is estimated through Mo ...

2019

First principle integrated modeling of multi-channel transport including Tungsten in JET

Olivier Sauter, Martinus Adela Maria Gijs, Jonathan Graves, Ambrogio Fasoli, Stefano Coda, Basil Duval, Henri Weisen, Richard Pitts, Yves Martin, Javier García Hernández, Duccio Testa, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Nicola Vianello, Robin Humphry-Baker, Sun Hee Kim, Federico Nespoli, Patrick Blanchard, Alessandro Pau, David Pfefferlé, Davide Galassi, Jonathan Marc Philippe Faustin, Cristian Sommariva, Hamish William Patten, Samuel Lanthaler, Jan Horacek, Yann Camenen, Bruno Emanuel Ferreira De Sousa Correia, José Pedro Rebelo Ferreira Marques, Mikhail Maslov, Marco Wischmeier, Dalziel Joseph Wilson, Liang Yao, Daniel Scott Alessi, Arnout Lodewijk M Beckers, Ana Francisca Leal Silva Soares, Jonnathan Cesar Hidalgo Acosta, Antonio José Pereira de Figueiredo, Partha Dutta, Pierre-Thomas Paul Brun, Pedro Camilo de Oliveira e Silva, Alberto Hernando de Castro, Julio Rodriguez, Vlad Trifa, Li Shuai, Rebecca Hill

For the first time, over five confinement times, the self-consistent flux driven time evolution of heat, momentum transport and particle fluxes of electrons and multiple ions including Tungsten (W) is modeled within the integrated modeling platform JFTTO ( ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2018

Experimental validation of an analytical kinetic model for edge-localized modes in JET-ITER-like wall

The design and operation of future fusion devices relying on H-mode plasmas requires reliable modelling of edge-localized modes (ELMs) for precise prediction of divertor target conditions. An extensive experimental validation of simple analytical predictio ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2018

Sparse representation of signals: from astrophysics to real-time data analysis for fusion plasmas and system optimization analysis for ITER and TCV

Ambrogio Fasoli, Jonathan Bryan Lister, Duccio Testa, Patrick Blanchard, Theodoros Panis, Mattia Albergante

Efficient, real-time and automated data analysis is one of the key elements for achieving scientific success in complex engineering and physical systems, of which two examples are the JET and ITER tokamaks. One problem which is common to these fields is th ...

2016

Study of Nuclear Decay Data Contribution to Uncertainties in Heat Load Estimations for Spent Fuel Pools

Andreas Pautz, Mathieu Hursin, Hakim Ferroukhi

At the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), a methodology for nuclear data uncertainty propagation in CASMO-5M (C5M) assembly calculations is under development. This paper presents a preliminary application of this methodology to C5M decay heat calculations. Appl ...

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science2014

Bounded Tamper Resilience: How to go beyond the Algebraic Barrier

Sebastian Faust

Related key attacks (RKAs) are powerful cryptanalytic attacks where an adversary can change the secret key and observe the effect of such changes at the output. The state of the art in RKA security protects against an a-priori unbounded number of certain a ...

2013

Energetic particle instabilities in fusion plasmas

Ambrogio Fasoli, Mario Ludovico Podesta

Remarkable progress has been made in diagnosing energetic particle instabilities on present-day machines and in establishing a theoretical framework for describing them. This overview describes the much improved diagnostics of Alfven instabilities and mode ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2013

Estimating spillover benefits of large R&D projects: application of real options modelling approach to the case of thermonuclear fusion R&D programme

Edgard Gnansounou

This paper is focused on the analysis of spillover benefits of the ongoing R&D programme on thermonuclear fusion technology. The spillover effects are understood here as positive externalities of publicly funded R&D, demonstration and deployment (RDDD) act ...

Elsevier2012

Evidence for a new path to the self-sustainment of the thermonuclear fusion in magnetically confined burning plasma experiments

Duccio Testa, Mattia Albergante

In this work we provide the first explanation for observations made in 1997 on the Joint European Torus of unexpected ion heating with fusion-born alpha particles occurring over time scales much shorter than those theoretically foreseen. We demonstrate tha ...

IOP Publishing - EPL Association2012

Interaction Between Fast Ions and Microturbulence in Thermonuclear Devices : Theory and Modelling

Mattia Albergante

The work carried out in this thesis focuses on the interaction between fast ions and turbulence. The aim of the project is to explore this phenomenon and develop the numerical framework required for investigations on present day machines and predictions fo ...

EPFL2011

Real options valuation of fusion energy R&D programme

Edgard Gnansounou

This paper aims to perform a real options valuation of fusion energy R&D programme. Strategic value of thermonuclear fusion technology is estimated here based on the expected cash flows from construction and operation of fusion power plants and the real op ...

Elsevier2010

Particle transport in JET and TCV H-mode plasmas

Mikhail Maslov

Understanding particle transport physics is of great importance for magnetically confined plasma devices and for the development of thermonuclear fusion power for energy production. From the beginnings of fusion research, more than half a century ago, the ...

EPFL2009

Gyrokinetic particle-in-cell global simulations of ion-temperature-gradient and collisionless-trapped-electron-mode turbulence in tokamaks

Sébastien Jolliet

The goal of thermonuclear fusion research is to provide power plants, that will be able to produce one gigawatt of electricity. Among the different ways to achieve fusion, the tokamak, based on magnetic confinement, is the most promising one. A gas is heat ...

EPFL2009

Analysis of nano-sized irradiation-induced defects in Fe-base materials by means of small angle neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations

Gang Yu

Thermonuclear fusion of light atoms is considered since decades as an unlimited, safe and reliable source of energy that could eventually replace classical sources based on fossile fuel or nuclear fuel. Fusion reactor technology and materials studies are i ...

EPFL2008