Thermal control of solid breeder blankets

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5900651

Raffray, A R; Ying, A; Gorbis, Z; Tillack, M S; Abdou, M A

An assessment of the thermal control mechanisms applicable to solid breeder blanket designs under ITER-like operating conditions is presented in this paper. Four cases are considered: a helium gap; a sintered block Be region; a sintered block helium region with a metallic felt at the Be/clad interface; and a Be packed bed region. For these cases, typical operating are explored to determine the ranges of wall load which can be accommodated while maintaining the breeder within its allowable operating temperature window. The corresponding region thicknesses are calculated to help identify practicality and design tolerances.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-88ER52150
• OSTI ID: 5900651
• Report Number(s): CONF-9106310-2; ON: DE92008533
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700450* -- Fusion Technology-- Blankets & Cooling Systems-- (1992-)
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
BERYLLIUM
BREEDING BLANKETS
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
CONTROL SYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY TRANSFER
FLUIDS
GASES
HEAT TRANSFER
HELIUM
ITER TOKAMAK
METALS
NONMETALS
PACKED BEDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RARE GASES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
THERMAL ANALYSIS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES