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Density Limit

Several density limit models1 are available in PROCESS. These are calculated in routine culdlm, which is called by physics. To enforce any of these limits, turn on constraint equation no. 5 with iteration variable no. 9 (fdene). In addition, switch idensl must be set to the relevant value, as follows:

idensl Description
1 ASDEX model
2 Borrass model for ITER, I
3 Borrass model for ITER, II
4 JET edge radiation model
5 JET simplified model
6 Hugill-Murakami M.q model
7 Greenwald model: n_G=10^{14} \frac{I_p}{\pi a^2} where the units are m and ampere. For the Greenwald model the limit applies to the line-averaged electron density, not the volume-averaged density.

  1. T. C. Hender et al., 'Physics Assessment for the European Reactor Study',