Physics Analysis of the FIRE Experiment
Authors: S.C. Jardin, C.E. Kessel, D. Meade, J. Breslau, G. Fu, N. Gorelenkov, J. Manickam, W. Park, and H. Strauss
Date of PPPL Report: June 2002
Presented at: the 29th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, June 17-21, 2002, Montreux, Switzerland.
An integrated model of a complete discharge in the FIRE experiment has been developed based on the TSC simulation code. The complete simulation model includes a choice of several models for core transport, combined with an edge pedestal model and the Porcelli sawtooth model. Burn control is provided by feedback on the auxiliary heating power. We find that with the GLF23 and MMM95 transport models, Q >10 operation should be possible for H-mode pedestal temperatures in the range of 4-5 keV.