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Design of the Test Section for the Experimental Validation of Antipermeation and Corrosion Barriers for WCLL BB

Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2022
Tritium permeation into the Primary Heat Transfer System (PHTS) of DEMO and ITER reactors is one of the challenging issues to be solved in order to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion power plants construction.
Marco Utili, Ciro Alberghi, Luigi Candido   +2 more
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Oxidation behaviour of EUROFER-97 under simulated water-cooled lithium lead breeder blanket conditions. [PDF]

Npj Mater Degrad
The effect of water chemistry, surface condition, alkalizing agent (LiOH vs. KOH), and Zn addition was investigated at 300 °C on the oxidation behaviour of reduced activation ferritic martensitic (RAF/M) EUROFER-97.
Volpe L, Capone D, Andresen P, Prestat E, Scenini F.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The DEMO Water-Cooled Lead–Lithium Breeding Blanket: Design Status at the End of the Pre-Conceptual Design Phase

Applied Sciences, 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, Alessandro Del Nevo, Fabio Moro, Simone Noce, Rocco Mozzillo, Vito Imbriani, Fabio Giannetti, Francesco Edemetti, Antonio Froio, Laura Savoldi, Simone Siriano, Alessandro Tassone, Fernando Roca Urgorri, Pietro Alessandro Di Maio, Ilenia Catanzaro, Gaetano Bongiovì   +15 more
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Design and Integration of the EU-DEMO Water-Cooled Lead Lithium Breeding Blanket

Energies, 2023
The water-cooled lead lithium breeding blanket (WCLL BB) is one of two BB candidate concepts to be chosen as the driver blanket of the EU-DEMO fusion reactor.
Pietro Arena, Gaetano Bongiovì, Ilenia Catanzaro, Cristiano Ciurluini, Aldo Collaku, Alessandro Del Nevo, Pietro Alessandro Di Maio, Matteo D’Onorio, Fabio Giannetti, Vito Imbriani, Pietro Maccari, Lorenzo Melchiorri, Fabio Moro, Rocco Mozzillo, Simone Noce, Laura Savoldi, Simone Siriano, Alessandro Tassone, Marco Utili   +18 more
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Model Development and Transient Analysis of the WCLL BB BOP DEMO Configuration Using the Apros System Code

Energies, 2021
Extensive modelling and analytical work has been carried out considering the water-cooled lithium–lead breeding blanket (WCLL BB) balance of plant (BOP) configuration of the demonstration power plant (DEMO) using the Apros system code, developed by VTT ...
Marton Szogradi, Sixten Norrman
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Design of a Prototypical Mock-Up for the Experimental Investigation of WCLL First-Wall Performances

Energies, 2023
A large research effort is currently ongoing within the framework of the EUROfusion consortium for the study and design of a water-cooled lithium–lead (WCLL) breeding blanket (BB).
Pietro Maccari, Pietro Arena, Ranieri Marinari, Amelia Tincani, Alessandro Del Nevo   +4 more
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Embrittlement of WCLL blanket and its fracture mechanical assessment

Nuclear Fusion, 2023
In the European fusion programme, the Water Cooled Lithium Lead breeding blanket (WCLL BB) uses EUROFER as a structural material cooled with water at temperatures between 295 °C–328 °C and a pressure of 155 bar.
Jarir Aktaa, Ermile Gaganidze, Gaetano Bongioví, Pietro Arena, Gandolfo Alessandro Spagnuolo, Giacomo Aiello, Pierluigi Chiovaro, Christian Bachmann   +7 more
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Thermomechanical and Thermofluid-Dynamic Coupled Analysis of the Top Cap Region of the Water-Cooled Lithium Lead Breeding Blanket for the EU DEMO Fusion Reactor

Energies, 2023
In the EU, the Water-Cooled Lithium Lead (WCLL) Breeding Blanket (BB) concept is one of the candidates for the design of the DEMO reactor. From the past campaign of analysis emerged that the thermal-induced stress led to the failure in the verification ...
Alberto Gioè, Gaetano Bongiovì, Ilenia Catanzaro, Pierluigi Chiovaro, Pietro Alessandro Di Maio, Salvatore Giambrone, Andrea Quartararo, Eugenio Vallone, Pietro Arena, Salvatore Basile   +9 more
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Exploratory Thermo-Mechanical Assessment of the Bottom Cap Region of the EU DEMO Water-Cooled Lead Lithium Central Outboard Blanket Segment

Applied Sciences, 2023
The Water-Cooled Lead Lithium (WCLL) Breeding Blanket (BB) is one of the two BB concept candidates to be selected as the driver blanket for the EU DEMO fusion reactor.
Gaetano Bongiovì, Ilenia Catanzaro, Pietro Alessandro Di Maio, Salvatore Giambrone, Alberto Gioè, Pietro Arena, Lorenzo Melchiorri   +6 more
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Analysis of the Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of the EU DEMO Water-Cooled Lithium Lead Central Outboard Blanket Segment under an Optimized Thermal Field

Applied Sciences, 2022
Within the framework of the EUROfusion research activities on the DEMO Water-Cooled Lithium Lead (WCLL) Breeding Blanket (BB) design, a research study was performed to preliminarily optimize, from the thermal point of view, the WCLL Central Outboard ...
Ilenia Catanzaro, Gaetano Bongiovì, Pietro Alessandro Di Maio   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source