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Water-cooled lithium-lead box-shaped blanket concept for Demo: thermo-mechanical optimization and manufacturing sequence proposal

Abstract

The development of the water-cooled lithium-lead box-shaped blanket concept for DEMO has now reached the stage of thermo-mechanical optimization. In the previous design phases the preliminary dimensioning of the cooling circuit has permitted to define the water proportions required in the breeder region and to demonstrate, after a minimization of steel proportion and thicknesses, that this concept could reach tritium breeding self-sufficiency. In the present analysis the location of the coolant pipes has been optimized for the whole equatorial plane cross-section of both inboard and outboard segments in order to maintain the maximum Pb-17Li/steel interface temperature below 480 deg C and to minimize the thermal gradients along the steel structures. The consequent thermo-mechanical analysis has shown that the thermal stresses always remain below the allowable limits. Segment fabricability and removal are the next design issues to be analyzed. Within this strategy, a first manufactury sequence for the outboard segment is proposed.
Authors:
Baraer, L; Dinot, N; Giancarli, L; Proust, E; Salavy, J F; [1]  Severi, Y; Quintric-Bossy, J [2] 
  1. CEA Centre d`Etudes de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Dept. de Mecanique et de Technologie
  2. CEA Centre d`Etudes de Cadarache, 13 - Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France). Direction des Reacteurs Nucleaires
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1992
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
CEA-CONF-11239; CONF-920930-
Reference Number:
SCA: 700450; PA: AIX-24:044023; SN: 93000991938
Resource Relation:
Conference: 17. symposium on fusion technology (SOFT-17),Rome (Italy),14-18 Sep 1992; Other Information: PBD: 1992
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; BREEDING BLANKETS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; FABRICATION; LEAD BASE ALLOYS; LITHIUM ALLOYS; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; THERMAL STRESSES; WATER; 700450; BLANKETS AND COOLING SYSTEMS
OSTI ID:
10154877
Research Organizations:
CEA Centre d`Etudes de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Dept. de Mecanique et de Technologie
Country of Origin:
France
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93627227; TRN: FR9302175044023
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
FRN
Size:
[5] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 06, 2005

Citation Formats

Baraer, L, Dinot, N, Giancarli, L, Proust, E, Salavy, J F, Severi, Y, and Quintric-Bossy, J. Water-cooled lithium-lead box-shaped blanket concept for Demo: thermo-mechanical optimization and manufacturing sequence proposal. France: N. p., 1992. Web.
Baraer, L, Dinot, N, Giancarli, L, Proust, E, Salavy, J F, Severi, Y, & Quintric-Bossy, J. Water-cooled lithium-lead box-shaped blanket concept for Demo: thermo-mechanical optimization and manufacturing sequence proposal. France.
Baraer, L, Dinot, N, Giancarli, L, Proust, E, Salavy, J F, Severi, Y, and Quintric-Bossy, J. 1992. "Water-cooled lithium-lead box-shaped blanket concept for Demo: thermo-mechanical optimization and manufacturing sequence proposal." France.
@misc{etde_10154877,
title = {Water-cooled lithium-lead box-shaped blanket concept for Demo: thermo-mechanical optimization and manufacturing sequence proposal}
author = {Baraer, L, Dinot, N, Giancarli, L, Proust, E, Salavy, J F, Severi, Y, and Quintric-Bossy, J}
abstractNote = {The development of the water-cooled lithium-lead box-shaped blanket concept for DEMO has now reached the stage of thermo-mechanical optimization. In the previous design phases the preliminary dimensioning of the cooling circuit has permitted to define the water proportions required in the breeder region and to demonstrate, after a minimization of steel proportion and thicknesses, that this concept could reach tritium breeding self-sufficiency. In the present analysis the location of the coolant pipes has been optimized for the whole equatorial plane cross-section of both inboard and outboard segments in order to maintain the maximum Pb-17Li/steel interface temperature below 480 deg C and to minimize the thermal gradients along the steel structures. The consequent thermo-mechanical analysis has shown that the thermal stresses always remain below the allowable limits. Segment fabricability and removal are the next design issues to be analyzed. Within this strategy, a first manufactury sequence for the outboard segment is proposed.}
place = {France}
year = {1992}
month = {Dec}
}