On the effects of the Double-Walled Tubes lay-out on the DEMO WCLL breeding blanket module thermal behavior [PDF]
Fusion Engineering and Design, 2019 Abstract The EU-DEMO Water-Cooled Lithium Lead Breeding Blanket (WCLL BB) concept foresees liquid Pb-15.7Li eutectic alloy as breeder and neutron multiplier, whereas pressurized subcooled water as coolant, with operative conditions typical of the PWR fission reactors (temperature in the range of 295–328 °C and pressure of 15.5 MPa).
Alessandro Del Nevo +2 more
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Advancements in DEMO WCLL breeding blanket design and integration [PDF]
International Journal of Energy Research, 2017 The water-cooled lithium–lead breeding blanket is a candidate option for the European Demonstration Power Plant(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.
Emanuela Martelli +15 more
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WCLL breeding blanket design and integration for DEMO 2015: status and perspectives [PDF]
Fusion Engineering and Design, 2017 Abstract Water-cooled lithium-lead breeding blanket is considered a candidate option for European DEMO nuclear fusion reactor. ENEA and the linked third parties have proposed and are developing a multi-module blanket segment concept based on DEMO 2015 specifications. The layout of the module is based on horizontal (i.e. radial-toroidal) water-cooling
Gianfranco Caruso +2 more
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Thermofluid-dynamic and thermal–structural assessment of the EU-DEMO WCLL “double bundle” Breeding Blanket concept left outboard segment [PDF]
Fusion Engineering and DesignAs part of the activities performed by the DEMO Central Team (DCT) to study alternative configurations of the Water-Cooled Lead Lithium (WCLL) Breeding Blanket (BB), to overcome the open issues that emerged at the end of the Pre-Conceptual Design phase ...
Pietro Alessandro DI MAIO
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Parametric study of the influence of double-walled tubes layout on the DEMO WCLL breeding blanket thermal performances [PDF]
Fusion Engineering and Design, 2020 Within the framework of the EUROfusion activities regarding the EU-DEMO Breeding Blanket (BB) concept, the University of Palermo is long-time involved, in close cooperation with ENEA, in the design of the Water Cooled Lithium Lead (WCLL) BB, that is one ...
Alessandro Del Nevo +2 more
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Study of EU DEMO WCLL breeding blanket and primary heat transfer system integration [PDF]
Fusion Engineering and Design, 2018 Abstract The Water-Cooled Lithium Lead breeding blanket is a candidate option for the realization of European DEMO power plant. One of the main functions of the breeding blanket is to recover the thermal power from the first wall and the breeding zone and to drive it to the Primary Heat Transfer System.
Gianfranco Caruso +2 more
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Fusion Engineering and Design, 2021 Abstract Tritium permeation from breeder material to the Water Coolant System (WCS) in Water Cooled Lithium Lead (WCLL) Breeding Blanket (BB) is one of the technological issues to be solved in the design of the European DEMO. Since the tritium extraction from the Water Coolant System is more challenging and expensive than the extraction from the ...
Marco Utili +16 more
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Analysis of EM loads on DEMO WCLL breeding blanket during VDE-up
Fusion Engineering and Design, 2018 Abstract This work presents the development of a DEMO EM model based on the WCLL design able to evaluate EM loads during normal and off-normal operations. The model has the capability to use periodic boundary conditions (in order to analyze EM transients in presence of both toroidal and poloidal field) and elements supporting non-linear magnetic ...
Alessandro Del Nevo +2 more
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The DEMO Water-Cooled Lead–Lithium Breeding Blanket: Design Status at the End of the Pre-Conceptual Design Phase [PDF]
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 +15 more
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Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives of Microwave Reflectometry for Plasma Position and Shape Control on Future Nuclear Fusion Devices. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2023 Providing energy from fusion and finding ways to scale up the fusion process to commercial proportions in an efficient, economical, and environmentally benign way is one of the grand challenges for engineering. Controlling the burning plasma in real-time
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