Toroidal modeling of penetration of the resonant magnetic perturbation field

A toroidal, quasi-linear model is proposed to study the penetration dynamics of the resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) field into the plasma. The model couples the linear, fluid plasma response to a toroidal momentum balance equation, which includes torques induced by both fluid electromagnetic force and by (kinetic) neoclassical toroidal viscous force. The numerical results for a test toroidal equilibrium quantify the effects of various physical parameters on the field penetration and on the plasma rotation braking. The neoclassical toroidal viscous torque plays a dominant role in certain region of the plasma, for the RMP penetration problem considered in this work.Comment: 20 pages, 14 figures. Copyright 2013 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physic

Modelling of plasma response to 3D external magnetic field perturbations in EAST

Sustained mitigation and/or suppression of type-I edge localized modes (ELMs) has been achieved in EAST high-confinement plasmas, utilizing the resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) fields produced by two rows of magnetic coils located just inside the vacuum vessel. Systematic toroidal modelling of the plasma response to these RMP fields with various coil configurations (with dominant toroidal mode number n = 1, 2, 3, 4) in EAST is, for the first time, carried out by using the MARS-F code (Liu et al 2000 Phys. Plasmas 7 3681), with results reported here. In particular, the plasma response is computed with varying coil phasing (the toroidal phase difference of the coil currents) between the upper and lower rows of coils, from 0 to 360°. Four figures of merit, constructed based on the MARS-F computations, are used to determine the optimal coil phasing. The modelled results, taking into account the plasma response, agree well with the experimental observations in terms of the coil phasing for both the mitigated and the suppressed ELM cases in EAST experiments. This study provides a crucial confirmation of the role of the plasma edge peeling response in ELM control, complementing similar studies carried out for other tokamak devices

Toroidal modelling of plasma response and RMP field penetration

The penetration dynamics of the resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) field is sim- ulated in the full toroidal geometry, under realistic plasma conditions in MAST experiments. The physics associated with several aspects of the RMP penetration - the plasma response and rotational screening, the resonant and non-resonant torques and the toroidal momentum balance - are highlighted. In particular, the plasma response is found to significantly amplify the non-resonant component of the RMP field for some of the MAST plasmas. A fast rotating plasma, in response to static external magnetic fields, experiences a more distributed electro- magnetic torque due to the resonance with continuum waves in the plasma. At fast plasma flow (such as for the MAST plasma), the electromagnetic torque is normally dominant over the neoclassical toroidal viscous (NTV) torque. However, at sufficiently slow plasma flow, the NTV torque can play a significant role in the toroidal momentum balance, thanks to the precession drift resonance enhanced, so called superbanana plateau regime

ELM control with RMP: Plasma response models and the role of edge peeling response

Resonant magnetic perturbations (RMP) have extensively been demonstrated as a plausible technique for mitigating or suppressing large edge localized modes (ELMs). Associated with this is a substantial amount of theory and modelling efforts during recent years. Various models describing the plasma response to the RMP fields have been proposed in the literature, and are briefly reviewed in this work. Despite their simplicity, linear response models can provide alternative criteria, than the vacuum field based criteria, for guiding the choice of the coil configurations to achieve the best control of ELMs. The role of the edge peeling response to the RMP fields is illustrated as a key indicator for the ELM mitigation in low collisionality plasmas, in various tokamak devices

A Simulation Method Based on Material-Drying Oven Integration for Hot Air Drying of Lentinus edodes and Its Application

In this paper, a simulation method based on material-drying oven integration was developed for the hot air-drying process of Lentinus edodes. First of all, the drying characteristics were investigated under different drying conditions, and drying kinetic models were obtained at different air temperatures, relative humidities (RHs) and air flow rates. Then, drying kinetic derivative models to predict the drying process under different working conditions were obtained and used to calculate water evaporation rate, and the rate of water evaporation was introduced into the heat and mass transfer equations to develop mathematical models based on material-drying oven integration. Using the models, the pattern of temporal changes in air temperature, RH and air flow rate at any position inside the oven and moisture ratio (MR) was obtained. Finally, the drying characteristics were worked out using the integrated models. Overall, significant non-uniformity occurred during the drying process. As drying proceeded, non-uniformity decreased. In the direction of air flow, non-uniformity was more significant at positions closer to the oven’s top and bottom. In the transverse direction, non-uniformity was more significant at positions closer to the middle. In summary, the simulation method for hot air-drying of Lentinus edodes is meaningful for guiding the structural design of the drying chamber, the optimization of the drying process and the improvement of the product quality

Comparative Genome Structure, Secondary Metabolite, and Effector Coding Capacity across Cochliobolus Pathogens

The genomes of five Cochliobolus heterostrophus strains, two Cochliobolus sativus strains, three additional Cochliobolus species (Cochliobolus victoriae, Cochliobolus carbonum, Cochliobolus miyabeanus), and closely related Setosphaeria turcica were sequenced at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI). The datasets were used to identify SNPs between strains and species, unique genomic regions, core secondary metabolism genes, and small secreted protein (SSP) candidate effector encoding genes with a view towards pinpointing structural elements and gene content associated with specificity of these closely related fungi to different cereal hosts. Whole-genome alignment shows that three to five percent of each genome differs between strains of the same species, while a quarter of each genome differs between species. On average, SNP counts among field isolates of the same C. heterostrophus species are more than 25x higher than those between inbred lines and 50x lower than SNPs between Cochliobolus species. The suites of nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS), polyketide synthase (PKS), and SSP-encoding genes are astoundingly diverse among species but remarkably conserved among isolates of the same species, whether inbred or field strains, except for defining examples that map to unique genomic regions. Functional analysis of several strain-unique PKSs and NRPSs reveal a strong correlation with a role in virulence

Comparative genome structure, secondary metabolite, and effector coding capacity across Cochliobolus pathogens.

The genomes of five Cochliobolus heterostrophus strains, two Cochliobolus sativus strains, three additional Cochliobolus species (Cochliobolus victoriae, Cochliobolus carbonum, Cochliobolus miyabeanus), and closely related Setosphaeria turcica were sequenced at the Joint Genome Institute (JGI). The datasets were used to identify SNPs between strains and species, unique genomic regions, core secondary metabolism genes, and small secreted protein (SSP) candidate effector encoding genes with a view towards pinpointing structural elements and gene content associated with specificity of these closely related fungi to different cereal hosts. Whole-genome alignment shows that three to five percent of each genome differs between strains of the same species, while a quarter of each genome differs between species. On average, SNP counts among field isolates of the same C. heterostrophus species are more than 25× higher than those between inbred lines and 50× lower than SNPs between Cochliobolus species. The suites of nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS), polyketide synthase (PKS), and SSP-encoding genes are astoundingly diverse among species but remarkably conserved among isolates of the same species, whether inbred or field strains, except for defining examples that map to unique genomic regions. Functional analysis of several strain-unique PKSs and NRPSs reveal a strong correlation with a role in virulence

Toroidal modeling of interaction between resistive wall mode and plasma flow

The non-linear interplay between the resistive wall mode (RWM) and the toroidal plasma flow is numerically investigated in a full toroidal geometry, by simultaneously solving the initial value problems for the n 1⁄4 1 RWM and the n 1⁄4 0 toroidal force balance equation. Here, n is the toroidal mode number. The neoclassical toroidal viscous torque is identified as the major momentum sink that brakes the toroidal plasma flow during the non-linear evolution of the RWM. This holds for a mode that is initially either unstable or stable. For an initially stable RWM, the braking of the flow, and hence the eventual growth of the mode, depends critically on the initial perturbation amplitude