0616669 - ÚFP 2025 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Smolík, Vojtěch - Entler, Slavomír - Endrychová, A. - Zácha, P. - Komrska, J. - Kabátová, J. - Rozkošný, V. - Keppert, M.
High heat flux cooling channel design based on porous copper structure.
Fusion Engineering and Design. Roč. 199, February (2024), č. článku 114123. ISSN 0920-3796. E-ISSN 1873-7196
Institutional support: RVO:61389021
Keywords : First wall cooling * High heat flux * Porous copper foam * Power exhaust * Water cooling
OECD category: Nuclear related engineering
Impact factor: 1.9, year: 2023 ; AIS: 0.316, rok: 2023
Method of publishing: Limited access
Result website:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920379623007020?via%3DihubDOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2023.114123

A cooling channel design based on porous copper material is proposed for high heat flux cooling of the first wall in tokamaks. The porous copper structure is examined by optical and electron microscopy, material analysis provides input values for empirical equations defining the pressure drop properties of the porous zone. The properties of the porous zone are applied to the simulation of ANSYS Fluent 2023 Release 1. The experimental samples of the porous copper channel and the plain channel are manufactured. A series of experimental measurements are conducted to compare both samples and to verify the results of numerical simulations. Critical heat flux is significantly increased in the case of a porous channel design.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0363641