PbLi/Water Reaction: Experimental Campaign and Modeling Advancements in WPBB EUROfusion Project
The Water-Cooled Lithium–Lead blanket concept is a candidate breeding blanket concept for the EU DEMO reactor and it is going to be tested as one of the Test Blanket Modules (TBM) inside the ITER reactor. A major safety issue for its design is the interaction between PbLi and water caused by a tube...
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| author | Marica Eboli Pietro Arena Nicolò Badodi Antonio Cammi Cristiano Ciurluini Vittorio Cossu Nicola Forgione Francesco Galleni Fabio Giannetti Bruno Gonfiotti Daniele Martelli Lorenzo Melchiorri Carmine Risi Alessandro Tassone Alessandro Del Nevo |
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| description | The Water-Cooled Lithium–Lead blanket concept is a candidate breeding blanket concept for the EU DEMO reactor and it is going to be tested as one of the Test Blanket Modules (TBM) inside the ITER reactor. A major safety issue for its design is the interaction between PbLi and water caused by a tube rupture in the breeding zone, the so-called in-box LOCA (Loss of Coolant Accident) scenario. This issue has been investigated in the framework of FP8 EUROfusion Project Horizon 2020 and is currently ongoing in FP9 EUROfusion Horizon Europe, defining a strategy for addressing and solving WCLL in-box LOCA. This paper discusses the efforts pursued in recent years to deal with this key safety issue, providing a general view of the approach, a timeline, research and development, and experimental activities. These are conducted to master dominant phenomena and processes relevant to safety aspects during the postulated accident, to enhance the predictive capability and reliability of selected numerical tools, and to validate and qualify models and codes and the procedures for their applications, including coupling and chains of codes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd2469e8d6c04a3d99666556841084602023-12-08T15:14:33ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-11-011623772910.3390/en16237729PbLi/Water Reaction: Experimental Campaign and Modeling Advancements in WPBB EUROfusion ProjectMarica Eboli0Pietro Arena1Nicolò Badodi2Antonio Cammi3Cristiano Ciurluini4Vittorio Cossu5Nicola Forgione6Francesco Galleni7Fabio Giannetti8Bruno Gonfiotti9Daniele Martelli10Lorenzo Melchiorri11Carmine Risi12Alessandro Tassone13Alessandro Del Nevo14ENEA Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, ItalyENEA Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, ItalyDepartment of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milano, ItalyDepartment of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milano, ItalyDepartment of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00186 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00186 Rome, ItalyENEA Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, ItalyENEA Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, ItalyDepartment of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00186 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, 00186 Rome, ItalyENEA Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, ItalyThe Water-Cooled Lithium–Lead blanket concept is a candidate breeding blanket concept for the EU DEMO reactor and it is going to be tested as one of the Test Blanket Modules (TBM) inside the ITER reactor. A major safety issue for its design is the interaction between PbLi and water caused by a tube rupture in the breeding zone, the so-called in-box LOCA (Loss of Coolant Accident) scenario. This issue has been investigated in the framework of FP8 EUROfusion Project Horizon 2020 and is currently ongoing in FP9 EUROfusion Horizon Europe, defining a strategy for addressing and solving WCLL in-box LOCA. This paper discusses the efforts pursued in recent years to deal with this key safety issue, providing a general view of the approach, a timeline, research and development, and experimental activities. These are conducted to master dominant phenomena and processes relevant to safety aspects during the postulated accident, to enhance the predictive capability and reliability of selected numerical tools, and to validate and qualify models and codes and the procedures for their applications, including coupling and chains of codes.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/23/7729WCLLin-box LOCALIFUS5SIMMERRELAP5 |
| spellingShingle | Marica Eboli Pietro Arena Nicolò Badodi Antonio Cammi Cristiano Ciurluini Vittorio Cossu Nicola Forgione Francesco Galleni Fabio Giannetti Bruno Gonfiotti Daniele Martelli Lorenzo Melchiorri Carmine Risi Alessandro Tassone Alessandro Del Nevo PbLi/Water Reaction: Experimental Campaign and Modeling Advancements in WPBB EUROfusion Project Energies WCLL in-box LOCA LIFUS5 SIMMER RELAP5 |
| title | PbLi/Water Reaction: Experimental Campaign and Modeling Advancements in WPBB EUROfusion Project |
| title_full | PbLi/Water Reaction: Experimental Campaign and Modeling Advancements in WPBB EUROfusion Project |
| title_fullStr | PbLi/Water Reaction: Experimental Campaign and Modeling Advancements in WPBB EUROfusion Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | PbLi/Water Reaction: Experimental Campaign and Modeling Advancements in WPBB EUROfusion Project |
| title_short | PbLi/Water Reaction: Experimental Campaign and Modeling Advancements in WPBB EUROfusion Project |
| title_sort | pbli water reaction experimental campaign and modeling advancements in wpbb eurofusion project |
| topic | WCLL in-box LOCA LIFUS5 SIMMER RELAP5 |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/23/7729 |
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