MHD R&D Activities for Liquid Metal Blankets
According to the most recently revised European design strategy for DEMO breeding blankets, mature concepts have been identified that require a reduced technological extrapolation towards DEMO and will be tested in ITER. In order to optimize and finalize the design of test blanket modules, a number...
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| author | Chiara Mistrangelo Leo Bühler Ciro Alberghi Serena Bassini Luigi Candido Cyril Courtessole Alessandro Tassone Fernando R. Urgorri Oleg Zikanov |
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| description | According to the most recently revised European design strategy for DEMO breeding blankets, mature concepts have been identified that require a reduced technological extrapolation towards DEMO and will be tested in ITER. In order to optimize and finalize the design of test blanket modules, a number of issues have to be better understood that are related to the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) interactions of the liquid breeder with the strong magnetic field that confines the fusion plasma. The aim of the present paper is to describe the state of the art of the study of MHD effects coupled with other physical phenomena, such as tritium transport, corrosion and heat transfer. Both numerical and experimental approaches are discussed, as well as future requirements to achieve a reliable prediction of these processes in liquid metal blankets. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a09324e9e637409792379b8e24f8e8d22023-11-22T18:06:23ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-10-011420664010.3390/en14206640MHD R&D Activities for Liquid Metal BlanketsChiara Mistrangelo0Leo Bühler1Ciro Alberghi2Serena Bassini3Luigi Candido4Cyril Courtessole5Alessandro Tassone6Fernando R. Urgorri7Oleg Zikanov8Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, GermanyKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, GermanyESSENTIAL Group, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyENEA FSN-ING Division, C.R. Brasimone, Bacino del Brasimone, 40032 Camugnano, ItalyESSENTIAL Group, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, GermanyDIAEE Nuclear Section, Sapienza University of Rome, 00186 Rome, ItalyNational Fusion Laboratory, CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid, SpainCollege of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491, USAAccording to the most recently revised European design strategy for DEMO breeding blankets, mature concepts have been identified that require a reduced technological extrapolation towards DEMO and will be tested in ITER. In order to optimize and finalize the design of test blanket modules, a number of issues have to be better understood that are related to the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) interactions of the liquid breeder with the strong magnetic field that confines the fusion plasma. The aim of the present paper is to describe the state of the art of the study of MHD effects coupled with other physical phenomena, such as tritium transport, corrosion and heat transfer. Both numerical and experimental approaches are discussed, as well as future requirements to achieve a reliable prediction of these processes in liquid metal blankets.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/20/6640liquid metal blanketsmagnetohydrodynamics (MHD)tritiumcorrosionconvectionturbulence |
| spellingShingle | Chiara Mistrangelo Leo Bühler Ciro Alberghi Serena Bassini Luigi Candido Cyril Courtessole Alessandro Tassone Fernando R. Urgorri Oleg Zikanov MHD R&D Activities for Liquid Metal Blankets Energies liquid metal blankets magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) tritium corrosion convection turbulence |
| title | MHD R&D Activities for Liquid Metal Blankets |
| title_full | MHD R&D Activities for Liquid Metal Blankets |
| title_fullStr | MHD R&D Activities for Liquid Metal Blankets |
| title_full_unstemmed | MHD R&D Activities for Liquid Metal Blankets |
| title_short | MHD R&D Activities for Liquid Metal Blankets |
| title_sort | mhd r d activities for liquid metal blankets |
| topic | liquid metal blankets magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) tritium corrosion convection turbulence |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/20/6640 |
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