Abstract

The verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification (VVUQ) analysis is a systematic method for identifying and quantifying uncertainties in complex engineering projects. This method has been used by the International Atomic Energy Agency as a critical assessment method in the field of high-precision plasma diagnostics in tokamaks. Starting from the basic theory to the final results, it assesses every process to obtain the uncertainties, system confidence level, and similarity between the model and experimental assessments. In this study, we evaluated the electron-density diagnosis of the polarimeter/interferometer system on an experimental advanced superconducting tokamak using a cylindrical simulation model. This study applied the VVUQ to an entire plasma diagnostic system for the first time, coupled with the statistical concepts of confidence and similarity. Through the VVUQ process, the uncertainty from the simulation code, diagnostic code, and engineering errors were identified, quantified, and minimized.

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