Neoclassical transport theory describes local diffusive transport. For those magnetic configurations where this approach is valid it has the benefit of being independent of the plasma profiles. In contrast for configurations where many particle orbits have large deviations from their birth surface, non-local contributions to the particle flux have to be considered. In this work a newly developed Monte Carlo code has been used to compute global ion fluxes for the same plasma parameters for two devices with very different magnetic configurations, namely the Wendelstein 7-X helias, which is under construction at Greifswald (Germany), and the TJ-II heliac, in operation at Madrid (Spain). Whereas the results indicate that the local diffusive approach is valid for W7-X under the considered plasma conditions, a non-local treatment is mandatory for TJ-II. These global flux simulations show the appearance of fluxes in regions where there are no gradients; larger fluxes than those expected from local estimations in the gradient regions; and fluxes which are increasing towards the edge.
Quasilinear particle transport from gyrokinetic instabilities in general magnetic geometry