Abstract

Plasma-neutral phenomena in the edge plasma and scrape-off layer of the Torus Experiment for Technology Oriented Research [G.H. Wolf and the TEXTOR Team, J. Nucl. Mater. 122&123, 1124 (1984)] with the toroidal belt Advanced Limiter Test (ALT-II) [D.M. Goebel et al., J. Nucl. Mater. 162–164, 115 (1989)] are simulated using the code package B2-EIRENE [D. Reiter et al., Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 33, 1579 (1991)]. Spatially-constant, anomalous radial transport coefficients (D,V,χ) are used for fitting measured electron temperature and density profiles. Primary neutral fluxes are determined by plasma fluxes to material surfaces, and Dα emissions are predicted from them. Comparison of the predicted Dα emission with measurements indicates a critical need, in predictive modeling, for a self-consistent model of fluxes to material surfaces that are parallel to the magnetic field. Appropriate factors are calculated for deducing D+ source rates from Dα emissions measured in various locations, taking into account molecular processes and spatially varying plasma parameters; values range from 17 to 28 ions/photon. Ion fluxes lost to pumps or the wall must be explicitly re-introduced as neutral fluxes at the outer boundary.

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