This paper describes the present state of the development of the computational model of the ITER edge plasma. Neutral–neutral collisions and molecular dynamics are introduced into the self-consistent scheme. First results of ITER modelling including these effects indicate that the operational window for the ITER divertor shifts towards higher neutral pressure in the private-flux region, retaining the operational flexibility determined in the previous analyses.

This paper describes the updates to and analysis of the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) Global H-Mode Confinement Database version 3 (DB3) over the period 1994-2004. Data have now been collected from 18 machines of different sizes and shapes: ASDEX, ASDEX

The condition of the latest version of the ELMy H-mode database has been re-examined. It is shown that there is bias in the ordinary least squares regression for some of the variables. To address these shortcomings three different techniques are employed: (a) principal component regression, (b) an error in variables technique and (c) the selection of a better conditioned dataset with fewer variables. Scalings in terms of the dimensionless physics variables, as well as the standard set of engineering variables, are also derived. The new scalings give a very similar performance for existing scalings for ITER at the standard βn of 1.6, but a much improved performance at higher βn.

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