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Recent progress in developing a feasible and integrated conceptual design of the WCLL BB in EUROfusion project [PDF]

Fusion Engineering and Design, 2019
Abstract The water-cooled lithium-lead breeding blanket is in the pre-conceptual design phase. It is a candidate option for European DEMO nuclear fusion reactor. This breeding blanket concept relies on the liquid lithium-lead as breeder-multiplier, pressurized water as coolant and EUROFER as structural material.
A. Del Nevo, P. Arena, G. Caruso, P. Chiovaro, P.A. Di Maio, M. Eboli, F. Edemetti, N. Forgione, R. Forte, A. Froio, F. Giannetti, G. Di Gironimo, K. Jiang, S. Liu, F. Moro, R. Mozzillo, L. Savoldi, A. Tarallo, M. Tarantino, A. Tassone, M. Utili, R. Villari, R. Zanino, E. Martelli   +23 more
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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
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European DEMO Fusion Reactor: Design and Integration of the Breeding Blanket Feeding Pipes

Energies, 2023
This article describes the design and configuration of the DEMO Breeding Blanket (BB) feeding pipes inside the upper port. As large BB segments require periodic replacement via the upper vertical ports, the space inside the upper port needs to be ...
Rocco Mozzillo, Christian Vorpahl, Christian Bachmann, Francisco A. Hernández, Alessandro Del Nevo   +4 more
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Design and optimization of the secondary circuit for the WCLL BB option of the EU-DEMO power plant

Fusion Engineering and Design, 2021
Abstract EU-DEMO will be a DEMOnstration Fusion power plant designed to demonstrate production of grid electricity from fusion at the level of a few hundred MW. The Primary Heat Transfer System (PHTS) transfers heat from the breeding blanket (BB), divertor and vacuum vessel to the secondary Power Conversion System (PCS) responsible for conversion of ...
Malinowski, Leszek, Lewandowska, Monika, Giannetti, Fabio   +2 more
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Thermo-Mechanical Analysis and Design Update of the Top Cap Region of the DEMO Water-Cooled Lithium Lead Central Outboard Blanket Segment

Applied Sciences, 2022
Within the framework of the EUROfusion research and development activities, the Water-Cooled Lithium Lead (WCLL) Breeding Blanket (BB) is one of the two candidates to be chosen as the driver blanket for the European DEMO nuclear fusion reactor. Hence, an
Gaetano Bongiovì, Salvatore Giambrone, Ilenia Catanzaro, Pietro Alessandro Di Maio, Pietro Arena   +4 more
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Numerical Simulation of an Out-Vessel Loss of Coolant from the Breeder Primary Loop Due to Large Rupture of Tubes in a Primary Heat Exchanger in the DEMO WCLL Concept

Energies, 2021
This work presents a thermohydraulic analysis of a postulated accident involving the rupture of the breeder primary cooling loop inside a heat exchanger (once through steam generator).
Francesco Galleni, Marigrazia Moscardini, Andrea Pucciarelli, Maria Teresa Porfiri, Nicola Forgione   +4 more
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