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Electrical Loads and Power Systems for the DEMO Nuclear Fusion Project [PDF]
Energies, 2020 EU-DEMO is a European project, having the ambitious goal to be the first demonstrative power plant based on nuclear fusion. The electrical power that is expected to be produced is in the order of 700–800 MW, to be delivered via a connection to the ...
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Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2021 The Water-Cooled Lead–Lithium Breeding Blanket (WCLL BB) is one of the two blanket concept candidates to become the driver blanket of the EU-DEMO reactor. The design was enacted with a holistic approach. The influence that neutronics, thermal-hydraulics (
Pietro Arena +2 more
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Engineering Design of the European DEMO HCPB Breeding Blanket Breeder Zone Mockup
Applied Sciences, 2023 The Helium Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB) breeding blanket is one of the two driver-blanket candidates for the European fusion demonstration power plant (EU DEMO) within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium.
Guangming Zhou +7 more
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Impact of plasma-wall interaction and exhaust on the EU-DEMO design
Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2021 In the present work, the role of plasma facing components protection in driving the EU-DEMO design will be reviewed, focusing on steady-state and, especially, on transients. This work encompasses both the first wall (FW) as well as the divertor. In fact,
F. Maviglia +16 more
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Modelling the PbLi flow including tritium transport and permeation with GETTHEM
Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2023 One of the main challenges to be addressed to achieve a reliable electricity production from the EU DEMO reactor is the realization of a closed fuel cycle, for which a suitable Tritium Extraction and Removal System (TERS) is required. One of the possible
Roberto Bonifetto +6 more
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Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2021 A double-null configuration is being considered for the EU-DEMO, due to its potential benefits for power exhaust arising from the use of two active divertors and magnetically disconnected low- and high-field sides.
L. Aho-Mantila +12 more
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Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 2023 The EU conducted the pre-conceptual design (PCD) phase of the demonstration reactor (DEMO) during 2014–2020 under the framework of the EUROfusion consortium.
Francisco A. Hernández +9 more
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Prospects of core–edge integrated no-ELM and small-ELM scenarios for future fusion devices
Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2023 One of our grand challenges towards fusion energy is the achievement of a high-performance plasma core coupled to a boundary solution. The high confinement mode (H-mode) provides such a high-performance fusion core due to the build-up of an edge ...
E. Viezzer +25 more
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Overview of Thermal Hydraulic Optimization and Verification for the EU-DEMO HCPB BOP ICD Variant
Energies, 2021 When progressing from the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) to the Demonstration Fusion Reactor (DEMO), a system for transferring plasma heat exhaust to a power conversion system is necessary for the so-called Balance of Plant (BOP).
Wolfgang Hering +3 more
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Recent progress of plasma exhaust concepts and divertor designs for tokamak DEMO reactors
Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2023 The power exhaust concept and an appropriate divertor design are common critical issues for tokamak DEMO design activities which have been carried out in Europe, Japan, China, Korea and the USA.
N. Asakura +8 more
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