Core-Edge Coupled Transport Simulations

Activities 2012

In 2012 work is ongoing to automate this procedure. The following steps have occurred:

• Modified the main part of SOLPS-B2 to introduce
  • "b2mn_init", a routine to initialize SOLPS-B2
  • "b2mn_step", a routine that can be called repeatedly to advance the edge plasma simulation
  • "b2mn_fin", a routine to finalize SOLPS-B2

  These changes involved splitting "b2mndr" into "b2mndr_0", "b2mndr_1" and "b2mndr_2"

• The introduction of a new routine "b2mn_ets" which is called with input CPOs "coreprof", "coreimpur" and "coreneutrals", and returns output CPOs "coreprof", "coreimpur", "coreneutrals" and "edge". The routine:
  • calls "b2mn_init" on the first call
  • based on the input core CPOs, alters the SOLPS-B2 boundary conditions before calling "b2mn_step", and then revises the boundary conditions in the output core CPOs
  • calls "b2mn_fin" at the end of the calculation

• Changes to many of the input/output routines in SOLPS-B2 so that
  • input data is looked for in the present directory, it's parent, or the sibling "baserun" directory
  • output files that are already present no longer cause the code to stop with an error message

  The result of this is that SOLPS-B2 no longer needs to be run by the previously required Makefile which copied input files into a run directory.

• The modification of the ETS Fortran workflow code "eq_ets_test" to include calls to "b2mn_ets".
• The Fortran workflow runs coupled calculations, and verification runs are currently in progress.
  • A problem in the UAL which causes the message "No more slots available for arrays of structures" and the program then to hang has been identified
  • Fixes in the 4.09a ETS were back-ported from 4.10a, and problems with impurity transport coefficients identified and fixed. There may still be a problem with impurity energy losses.
  • D and D+C+Ar+Ne+He runs are both being done