Thermal-hydraulic parameters optimization of the improved dual-cooled waste transmutation blanket for FDS

Author

Wang, Weihua ; Wu, Yican ; Ke, Yan ; Wang, HongYan

Author_Institution

Chinese Acad. of Sci., Hefei, China

fYear

2003

fDate

14-17 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

126

Lastpage

130

Abstract

Because the structure of dual-cooled waste transmutation blanket (DWTE) needs to have the capability of removing tremendous thermal power, its maximum temperature already reach to the limit of 316SS. Based on the DWTE concept, the improved DWTE is put forward. China low-activation martensitic (CLAM) steel (9Cr1.7WVTa) is selected as structure material in the present version of DWTB. UC particles, which are suspending in LM, are used as fuel. This paper presents the thermal-hydraulic design and parameter optimization of the improved DWTB. The results of thermal-fluid calculations for DWTB, which includes velocity fields, temperature fields and pressure fields, have been obtained by computational fluid dynamic finite volume codes.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; cooling; finite volume methods; fusion reactor blankets; fusion reactor fuel; martensitic steel; nuclear criticality safety; radioactive waste processing; 9Cr1.7WVTa steel; China low-activation martensitic steel; FDS; FeCCrWVTa; UC particles; computational fluid dynamic finite volume codes; dual-cooled waste transmutation blanket; pressure fields; structure material; temperature fields; thermal power removal; thermal-fluid calculations; thermal-hydraulic parameters optimization; velocity fields; Building materials; Cooling; Design optimization; Discrete wavelet transforms; Ducts; Fuels; Heat transfer; Helium; Plasma temperature; Steel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 2003. 20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7908-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.2003.1426604

Filename

1426604