Evaluation of alternative methods of simulating asymmetric bulk heating in fusion reactor blanket/shield components

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5785139

Deis, G A; Longhurst, G R; Miller, L G; Wadkins, R P; Wessol, D E

As a part of Phase O, Test Program Element-II of the Office of Fusion Energy First Wall/Blanket/Shield Engineering Test Program, a study was conducted by EG and G Idaho, Inc., to identify, characterize, and recommend alternative approaches for simulating fusion bulk heating in blanket/shield components. This is the report on that effort. Since the usefulness of any simulation approach depends upon the particular experiment considered, classes of problem types (thermal-hydraulic, thermomechanical, etc.) and material types (structure, solid breeder, etc.) are developed. The evaluation of the various simulation approaches is performed for the various significant combinations of problem class and material class. The simulation approaches considered are discrete-source heating, direct resistance, electromagnetic induction, microwave heating, and nuclear heating. From the evaluations performed for each experiment type, discrete - source heating emerges as a good approach for bulk heating simulation in thermal - hydraulics experiments, and nuclear heating appears to be a good approach in experiments addressing thermomechanics and combined thermal-hydraulic/thermomechanics.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 5785139
• Report Number(s): EGG-FT-5603; ON: DE82002611
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700209* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Component Development & Materials Testing
BREEDING BLANKETS
FIRST WALL
FLUID MECHANICS
HEATING
HYDRAULICS
MECHANICS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATION HEATING
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SHIELDING
SIMULATION
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS