Post-processing for ITER Scrape-Off Layer Plasma Simulations (SOLPS-ITER) in IMAS Framework

Abstract

With the ongoing effort to establish the Integrated Modelling and Analysis Suite (IMAS) and the Interface Data Structures (IDSs) as the standard relevant software infrastructure for ITER Organization and its parties for all ITER related activities, we report on steps towards the integration of the B2.5-Eirene plasma fluid solver, one of the codes in the SOLPS-ITER code package, within IMAS workflows, by means of a set of modules which allow post-processing of solution data into the IMAS model. This way, after a case is successfully completed, the solver simulation output results can be stored to the IDSs. To provide the means for visualization of the edge plasma state from the IDSs, a plugin for ParaView, an open-source scientific data analysis and visualization application, named ReadUALEdge was developed. With the data displayed within the ParaView application, all tools and utilities provided by ParaView can be used on the data for convenient and efficient analysis. In this article, we give an overview of the IMAS framework and SOLPS-ITER status and present the main aspects and features of the latest ReadUALEdge plugin for the ParaView application.