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High heat flux limits of the fusion reactor water-cooled first wall
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SYSNO ASEP 0519145 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title High heat flux limits of the fusion reactor water-cooled first wall Author(s) Zacha, P. (CZ)
Entler, Slavomír (UFP-V) ORCIDNumber of authors 2 Source Title Nuclear Engineering and Technology. - : Korean Nuclear Society - ISSN 1738-5733
Roč. 51, č. 5 (2019), s. 1251-1260Number of pages 10 s. Language eng - English Country KR - Korea, Republic of Keywords friction factor characteristics ; helical screw-tape ; turbulent-flow ; enhancement ; design ; High heat flux ; Thermal performance factors ; Turbulator promoters ; First wall ; Cooling ; cfd Subject RIV JF - Nuclear Energetics OECD category Nuclear physics Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support UFP-V - RVO:61389021 UT WOS 000473127300007 EID SCOPUS 85068056476 DOI 10.1016/j.net.2019.03.013 Annotation The water-cooled WCLL blanket is one of the possible candidates for the blanket of the fusion power reactors. The plasma-facing first wall manufactured from the reduced-activation ferritic-martensitic steel Eurofer97 will be cooled with water at a typical pressurized water reactor (PWR) conditions. According to new estimates, the first wall will be exposed to peak heat fluxes up to 7 MW/m(2) while the maximum operated temperature of Eurofer97 is set to 550 degrees C. The performed analysis shows the capability of the designed flat first wall concept to remove heat flux without exceeding the maximum Eurofer97 operating temperature only up to 0.75 MW/m(2). Several heat transfer enhancement methods (turbulator promoters), structural modifications, and variations of parameters were analysed. The effects of particular modifications on the wall temperature were evaluated using thermo-hydraulic three-dimensional numerical simulation. The analysis shows the negligible effect of the turbulators. By the combination of the proposed modifications, the permitted heat flux was increased up to 1.69 MW/m(2) only. The results indicate the necessity of the re-evaluation of the existing first wall concepts. Workplace Institute of Plasma Physics Contact Vladimíra Kebza, kebza@ipp.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 052 975 Year of Publishing 2020 Electronic address https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573318304182?via%3Dihub
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