A two-dimensional finite element multigroup diffusion theory for neutral atom transport in plasmas

DOI10.1016/0021-9991(87)90036-2MaRDI QIDQ1819656zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mohammad Z. Hasan, Robert W. Conn

Publication date 1987

Published in Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1095328/

zbMATH Keywords

energy variableenergy-dependent diffusion equationfinite element discretizationFinite element formulationfusion plasmasGalerkin's methodgeneral triangular meshmultigroup approximationtransport of neutral atomstwo-dimensional multigroup finite element diffusion theory code

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99) Diffusion (76R50) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10)

Review text

Solution of the energy-dependent diffusion equation in two dimensions is formulated by multigroup approximation of the energy variable and general triangular mesh, finite element discretization of the spatial domain. Finite element formulation is done by Galerkin's method. Based on this formulation, a two-dimensional multigroup finite element diffusion theory code, FENAT, has been developed for the transport of neutral atoms in fusion plasmas. FENAT solves the multigroup diffusion equation in X-Y cartesian and R-Z cylindrical/toroidal geometries. Use of the finite element method allows solution of problems in which the plasma cross section has an arbitrary shape. The accuracy of FENAT has been verified by comparing results to those obtained using the two-dimensional discrete ordinate transport theory code, DOT-4.3. Results of application of FENAT to the transport of limiter-originated neutral atoms in a tokamak fusion machine are presented.

Recommendations

• NUT: A fast 3-dimensional neutral transport code
• A two-dimensional finite element model of the edge plasma
• Solution of the diffusion equation by finite elements in Lagrangian hydrodynamic codes
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3938834
• A finite element approach for treating the energy variable in the numerical solution of the neutron transport equation

Cites work

• A Monte-Carlo model of neutral-particle transport in diverted plasmas
• A transport code for hydrogen atoms in cylindrical hydrogenic plasmas
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3181418 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3679327 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3478493 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3579944 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3628521 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3220189 (Why is no real title available?)
• SPUDNUT: A transport code for neutral atoms in plasmas
• The incomplete Cholesky-conjugate gradient method for the iterative solution of systems of linear equations

Cited in

(6)

• Computational implementation of a coupled plasma-neutral fluid model
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3938834 (Why is no real title available?)
• Uncertainty quantification for multigroup diffusion equations using sparse tensor approximations
• One-dimensional neutral transport modelling in a tokamak
• A multicode describing the time evolution of the atomic protium, deuterium, and tritium densities in the first wall of a Tokamak reactor
• NUT: A fast 3-dimensional neutral transport code

This page was built for publication: A two-dimensional finite element multigroup diffusion theory for neutral atom transport in plasmas

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q1819656)