MHD R&D Activities for Liquid Metal Blankets

Chiara Mistrangelo, Leo Bühler, Ciro Alberghi, Serena Bassini, Luigi Candido, Cyril Courtessole, Alessandro Tassone, Fernando R. Urgorri and Oleg Zikanov
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Chiara Mistrangelo: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Leo Bühler: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Ciro Alberghi: ESSENTIAL Group, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Serena Bassini: ENEA FSN-ING Division, C.R. Brasimone, Bacino del Brasimone, 40032 Camugnano, Italy
Luigi Candido: ESSENTIAL Group, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Cyril Courtessole: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Alessandro Tassone: DIAEE Nuclear Section, Sapienza University of Rome, 00186 Rome, Italy
Fernando R. Urgorri: National Fusion Laboratory, CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Oleg Zikanov: College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491, USA

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-37

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: liquid metal blankets; magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); tritium; corrosion; convection; turbulence; WCLL blanket; DCLL blanket (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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