MHD considerations for poloidal-toroidal coolant ducts of self-cooled blankets

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6205266

Hua, T Q ^[1]; Walker, J S ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
2. Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL (USA). Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Magnetohydrodynamic flows of liquid metals through sharp elbow ducts with rectangular cross sections and with thin conducting walls in the presence of strong uniform magnetic fields are examined. The geometries simulate the poloidaltoroidal coolant channels in fusion tokamak blankets. Analysis for obtaining the three-dimensional numerical solutions are described. Results for pressure drop, velocity profiles and flow distribution are predicted for the upcoming joint ANL/KfK sharp elbow experiment. Results from a parametric study using fusion relevant parameters to investigate the three-dimensional pressure drop are presented for possible applications to blanket designs. 10 refs., 9 refs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6205266
• Report Number(s): CONF-901007-47; ON: DE91006455
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700201* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Blanket Engineering
BREEDING BLANKETS
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
DESIGN
ELEMENTS
EQUATIONS
FLUID FLOW
FLUID MECHANICS
FLUIDS
HYDRODYNAMICS
LIQUID METALS
LIQUIDS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
MECHANICS
METALS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
REACTOR COMPONENTS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES