Design and analysis of the Solid Breeder Integral Simulation Test for PE-II
The PE-II Solid Breeder Concept Integral Simulation Test is designed to simulate (by way of nonnuclear heating) the thermal-hydraulic/thermomechanical operating characteristics of a water-cooled, Li/sub 2/O fusion-reactor blanket. The test piece consists of a central coolant tube surrounded by a cylinder of solid breeder material. This test piece, which simulates a unit cell of a blanket, is then subjected to an external heat flux and a purge flow of helium at carefully controlled conditions. Instrumentation provides information on temperature profiles, moisture levels, and purge flow conditions. Pretest thermal/stress analysis of this experiment indicates that it can provide an accurate simulation of actual conditions in a prototypical fusion-reactor blanket.
- Research Organization:
- EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-76ID01570
- OSTI ID:
- 5904291
- Report Number(s):
- EGG-M-21382; CONF-830406-77; ON: DE83013869
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ANALOG SYSTEMS
BREEDING BLANKETS
CHALCOGENIDES
DESIGN
FIRST WALL
FLUID MECHANICS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HYDRAULICS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM OXIDES
MECHANICS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SHIELDING
SIMULATION
SIMULATORS
STRESS ANALYSIS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS