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P-EQDSK files describe kinetics profiles as a function of \(\psi_N\), the normalised poloidal flux function. This is defined such that \(\psi_N = 0\) on the magnetic axis of a tokamak, and \(\psi_N=1\) on the last closed flux surface. Values in the range \([0,1]\) are used to index each nested flux surface.

The data contained within a P-EQDSK file varies depending on the source, but it will typically contain information such as ion/electron number densities and temperatures. It also contains the derivatives of each variaible with respect to \(\psi_N\). Data is represented in a csv-like format, and separated into blocks within the file. Each block of kinetics profile data has the form:

nrows psinorm var dvar/dpsiN
 0.000000   3.141592   2.718282
 ...
 1.000000   42.000000   -1.000000

where nrows is an integer specifying the number of rows in the block, and var is the variable described by the block.

At the bottom of a P-EQDSK file, a small block contains information describing the atomic number, charge (in units of \(e\)), and atomic mass of the ions:

nrows N Z A of ION SPECIES
000000   6.000000   12.000000
000000   1.000000   2.000000
000000   1.000000   2.000000

class freeqdsk.peqdsk.ProfileDict#

TypedDict describing an individual kinetics profile.

data: ndarray#: Kinetics profile

derivative: ndarray#: Derivative of profile with respect to psinorm

psinorm: ndarray#: \(\psi_N\) grid, where \(\psi_N=0\) on the magnetic axis and \(\psi_N=1\) on the last closed flux surface

units: str#: Units of profile

class freeqdsk.peqdsk.SpeciesDict#

TypedDict describing each species.

A: float#: Atomic mass

N: float#: Atomic number

Z: float#: Charge (units of \(e\))

class freeqdsk.peqdsk.PEQDSKDict#

TypedDict returned by the read function.

profiles: Dict[str, ProfileDict]#: Dict of kinetics profiles. The names of each profile are used as keys, while the data is presented in a ProfileDict.

species: List[SpeciesDict]#: List of species.

peqdsk.read()#

Given a file handle, reads a P-EQDSK file and returns a dict containing profile and species data.

The returned dict has two entries:

data["profiles"] is a dict of keys and ProfileDict. For example, to access the electron density data, use data["profiles"]["ne"]["data"]. To access the ion density dervative with respect to \(\psi_N\), use data["profiles"]["ni"]["derivative"].
data["species"] is a list of SpeciesDict. To access the atomic number of the first entry, use data["species"][0]["N"].

Parameters:: fh (TextIO) – File handle. Should be in a text read mode, open(filename, "r").
Return type:: PEQDSKDict

peqdsk.write(fh)#

Given a file handle and a PEQDSKDict dict, write a P-EQDSK file. The provided dict should have the same structure as that returned by the read function.

Parameters:

data (PEQDSKDict) – Dict of P-EQDSK data. Should be in the format of a PEQDSKDict, which is itself composed of ProfileDict and SpeciesDict dicts.
fh (TextIO) – File handle. Should be opened in a text write mode, open(filename, "w").

Return type:

None

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