GEN-IV LFR development: Status &amp; perspectives

Lorusso, Pierdomenico; Bassini, Serena; Nevo, Alessandro Del; Piazza, Ivan Di; Giannetti, Fabio; Tarantino, M.; Utili, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.pnucene.2018.02.005

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“…The pool-type LBE-cooled facility CIRCE is an experimental platform located at ENEA Brasimone R.C. [20,21] and used to perform large-scale integral tests [22] and component thermal-hydraulic characterization [13,23]. The facility consists of a cylindrical main vessel, heating and cooling systems for LBE, storage and transfer tanks, and auxiliary systems for LBE circulation and gas recirculation.…”

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“…The thermal-hydraulic characterization of the HERO SGBT was executed through a set of five experimental tests [12] with different water pressures (6 MPa, 8 MPa, two tests at 10 MPa, 12 MPa). In each of the five tests, an experimental sensitivity analysis was carried out, changing the mass flow rate of the LBE in four tests (40,33,27,20, 10 kg/s) and the flow rate of SGBT feedwater in the repeated test at 10 MPa (LBE mass flow rate constant at 27 kg/s). The experimental outcomes were used to demonstrate the technological feasibility of the prototypical SGBT, proving its suitability for the PbLi loops of DCLL BB and WCLL BB.…”

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Experimental Investigation on CIRCE-HERO for the EU DEMO PbLi/Water Heat Exchanger Development

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The present paper describes the experimental campaign executed at the ENEA Brasimone Research Centre aiming at supporting the development of a PbLi/water heat exchanger suitable for the lithium–lead loops of the dual coolant lithium lead and the water cooled lithium lead breeding blankets of the EU DEMO fusion reactor. The experiments were performed in a test section named HERO, installed inside the main vessel of the lead–bismuth eutectic-cooled pool-type facility CIRCE. The test section hosts a steam generator bayonet tube mock-up in relevant scale, which was selected as a promising configuration for DEMO purposes. For the thermal-hydraulic characterization of the component, five tests were executed at different water pressures (6, 8, 12 MPa, two tests at 10 MPa), and liquid metal flow rates (40, 33, 27, 20, 10 kg/s). The experimental outcomes proved the technological feasibility of this novel steam generator and its suitability for the DEMO PbLi loops. The activity was completed with a post-test analysis using two versions of the system code RELAP5. Because the experiments were executed with lead–bismuth eutectic, a scaling analysis is proposed to find the equivalence with PbLi. RELAP5 code was applied to recalculate the experimental data using PbLi as working fluid.

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Experimental Investigation on CIRCE-HERO for the EU DEMO PbLi/Water Heat Exchanger Development

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“…The LBE pool CIRCE is an integral effect facility set at ENEA CR Brasimone (Lorusso et al, 2018a). Its main features, along with the implemented HERO test section geometry and installed instrumentation are detailed in Pesetti et al, 2018 andLorusso, et al, 2018b.…”

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MYRRHA primary heat exchanger experimental simulations on CIRCE-HERO

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“…Brasimone in Italy. The experience is related both to design and operation of such facilities and experimental results collected lead to publication in International research journals, see [4][5][6][7] as examples. At the ENEA C.R.…”

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