EFDA–JET–PR(14)32

Applications of Bayesian Temperature Profile Reconstruction to Automated Comparison with Heat Transport Models and Uncertainty Quantification of Current Diffusion

In this work we are showing two more applications of the developed expert system described in [12]. The first application shown in the present paper is devoted to the development of an automated comparison method between the experimental plasma profiles reconstructed using Bayesian methods and time dependent solutions of the transport equations. The method was applied to model validation of a simple heat transport model with three radial shape options. It has been tested on a database of 21 Tore Supra and 14 JET shots. The second application aims at quantifying uncertainties due to the electron temperature profile in current diffusion simulations. A systematic reconstruction of the Ne, Te, Ti profiles was first carried out for all time slices of the pulse. The Bayesian 95% highest probability intervals on the Te profile reconstruction were then used for i) data consistency check of  the flux consumption and ii) defining a confidence interval for the current profile simulation. The method has been applied to one Tore Supra pulse and one JET pulse.
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