EMC3-Eirene simulations of particle- and energy fluxes to main chamber- and divertor plasma facing components in ASDEX Upgrade compared to experiments

Abstract

We report on first EMC3-Eirene simulations with an extended computational grid including both divertor- and main chamber (MC) 3D wall plasma-facing components (PFCs). In a first step we compare the simulations to low-power L-mode discharges systematically analyzed by Carralero et al., who observed a transition from a low- to a high density regime (Carralero et al., 2014). Case A is a configuration at low density and high clearance, while B is a high density regime configuration at medium clearance. In order to explain the upstream far-SOL ne profiles of B the MC PFCs and an enhanced transport region at ρ=1.01,…,1.03 need to be included in the simulations. In a second step we compute the particle-, and power fluxes to the limiter for the realistic geometry, for limiters displaced radially inward and for a toroidally symmetric limiter. Almost the same fraction of power as that to the divertor is absorbed by the MC PFCs in the simulation of case B.