Optimization of the design for cooling the breeding blanket of the Princeton Reference Design Model of a Fusion Power Reactor
A study has been made for optimizing the design of the cooling system for the breeding blanket of the Princeton Reference Design Model of a Fusion Power Reactor. The constraints observed were: compatibility with the overall design of the reactor; use of ''conventional'' structural materials; use of eutectic flibe for breeding; and use of helium for heat transfer. The parameters varied were: cooling tube diameter and/or length; cooling tube wall thickness; coolant pressure; and heat load per tube in high heat flux regions. The results of the study indicate that the most satisfactory parameter for optimization was the cooling tube diameter and the optimum value was found to be between 2 and 3 cm outer diameter. The other parameters gave optima at limiting constraints. 4 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 5757141
- Report Number(s):
- MATT-958; CONF-721111-1; ON: DE88002036
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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OPTIMIZATION
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