Buildings, 2022 To achieve carbon neutrality in the EU, it is important to renovate the existing EU residential buildings for a higher building energy efficiency.
Yangmin Wang +4 more
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Parametric thermal analysis for the optimization of Double Walled Tubes layout in the Water Cooled Lithium Lead inboard blanket of DEMO fusion reactor [PDF]
, 2019 Within the roadmap that will lead to the nuclear fusion exploitation for electric energy generation, the construction of a DEMOnstration (DEMO) reactor is, probably, the most important milestone to be reached since it will demonstrate the technological ...
Arena P. +4 more
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DEMO WCLL BB breeding zone cooling system design: analysis and discussion [PDF]
, 2019 The Water-Cooled Lithium-Lead (WCLL) Breeding Blanket (BB) is a key component in charge of ensuring Tritium self-sufficiency, shielding the Vacuum Vessel and removing the heat generated in the tokamak plasma.
Caruso, Gianfranco +4 more
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Preliminary evaluation of the expansion system size for a pressurized gas loop: Application to a fusion reactor based on a helium-cooled blanket [PDF]
, 2017 Some considerations to preliminarily design the size of the Expansion Volume (EV) and the relief pipes for a Vacuum Vessel Pressure Suppression System, to be adopted in a fusion reactor based on a helium cooled blanket, are presented.
CARUSO, Gianfranco, NOBILI, MATTEO
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The EUROfusion materials property handbook for DEMO in-vessel components—Status and the challenge to improve confidence level for engineering data [PDF]
, 2020 The development of a specific materials database and handbook, for engineering design of in-vessel components of EU-DEMO, is an essential requirement for assessing the structural integrity by design. For baseline in-vessel materials, including EURFOER97,
Diegele, E. +6 more
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Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 2022 Despite the high performance exhibited by tungsten (W), no material would be able to withstand the huge loads expected with extreme plasma transients in EU-DEMO and future reactors, where the installation of sacrificial first wall limiters is essential ...
Damiano Paoletti +9 more
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MHD mixed convection flow in the WCLL: heat transfer analysis and cooling system [PDF]
, 2019 In the Water-Cooled Lithium Lead (WCLL) blanket, a critical problem faced by the design is to ensure that the breeding zone (BZ) is properly cooled by the refrigeration system to keep the structural materials under the maximum allowed temperature by the ...
Caruso, Gianfranco +3 more
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EU DEMO EC system preliminary conceptual design
Fusion Engineering and Design, 2018 The engineering design and R&D of auxiliary heating systems and their sub-systems are a key activities in the frame of the present conceptual design phase for a first of a kind DEMOnstration Fusion Power Plant in order to develop a system capable of achieving and controlling burning plasmas.
Garavaglia S +29 more
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Study of the Effective Torus Exhaust High Vacuum Pumping System Performance in the Inner Tritium Plant Loop of EU-DEMO [PDF]
, 2023 The requirement for a reduction of the tritium inventory of the European demonstration fusion reactor (EU-DEMO) has led to the active research and development of a continuously working pumping process termed “KALPUREX.” This process foresees the direct ...
Day, Christian +3 more
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Modelling an in-vessel loss of coolant accident in the EU DEMO WCLL breeding blanket with the GETTHEM code [PDF]
, 2018 One of the accidents to be analyzed for the operation of the EU DEMO tokamak reactor is the in-vessel Loss-Of-Coolant Accident (LOCA), in which a postulated rupture in the First Wall causes a rapid pressurization of the Vacuum Vessel (VV).
Bertinetti, Andrea +5 more
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