Conceptual design of the liquid metal laboratory of the TECHNOFUSION facility

Abánades, A.; García, A. R.; Casal, N.; Perlado, J.M.; Ibarra, Á.

doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.12.003

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Thermo-Physical Property Database of Fusion Materials and Thermo-Hydraulic Database of Breeder Blankets for CFETR

Wen¹,

Zhang²,

Chen³

et al. 2023

Springer Proceedings in Physics

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The Chinese Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) is a fusion engineering reactor independently designed and developed by China, and the design of the blanket is one of the key points during the design of CFETR. The configurations of CFETR, the detailed designs of the three types of blankets and typical blanket module, and the coolant flowing schemes in blanket module are introduced in paper. Besides, the work about Thermo-physical Property Database of Fusion Material and Thermo-hydraulic Database of Models established for the three types of blankets is presented. The fusion material involves Plasma Facing Materials (PFM), structural materials, coolant and breeding materials, and the peak temperature and the peak pressure in both steady-state and transient conditions are covered for property of materials. The thermo-hydraulic database includes the heat transfer models, the pressure drop models, and some special models for the fluid flow in blanket. In addition, the tests and verification for the database are performed, and the shortages and deficiencies of current database are analyzed.

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Thermo-Physical Property Database of Fusion Materials and Thermo-Hydraulic Database of Breeder Blankets for CFETR

Wen¹,

Zhang²,

Chen³

et al. 2023

Springer Proceedings in Physics

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Conceptual Design of Lithium Laboratory in the TechnoFusión Project

Moral¹,

García

Casal

et al. 2014

Physics Procedia

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The TechnoFusión project involves the construction of a relevant set of scientific-technical facilities in Madrid (Spain), providing new tools to fusion energy community. It will create an infrastructure to support the development of nuclear fusion technology, assuring participation by Spanish research groups and engineering companies.The improvement of liquid lithium technology is one of the milestones of the nuclear fusion pathway. Liquid lithium is a key component in some tritium breeding blankets and more recently, it is considered as a plasma-facing component. The development of this technology requires R&D to many phenomena: Interaction between liquid metal and structural materials as corrosion, erosion or embrittlement; chemical behavior of liquid lithium; coatings development; MHD; free surface fluid-dynamics; diagnosis and instrumentation of fluid lithium and any other physical or chemical aspect that will be important for their safe reliable operation and would increase the economic feasibility of commercial fusion energy. Nowadays, there is a significant shortage of experimental facilities committed to the development of the liquid lithium technology in Europe.In the framework of the TechnoFusión Project, an experimental laboratory of liquid lithium technology has been proposed, to back a real technological transfer to regional and national industrial sector. This paper summarizes the current conceptual layout of this facility.

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