Maria Lorena Richiusa Wayne Arter Mehdi Firdaouss Jonathan Gerardin Francesco Maviglia Zsolt Vizvary
The charged particle heat load assessed for the DEMO Single Module Segment First Wall (FW) during current off-normal plasma scenarios underlines that protection is needed for avoiding/reducing damage to the Breeding Blanket FW due to the deposition of a huge amount of energy in a small timescale. Within the “Key Design Integration Issue 1”, an…
Preprint PublishedM.L. Richiusa P. Ireland J. Nicholas Z. Vizvary
The protection strategy adopted for the European DEMOnstration (EU-DEMO) fusion power reactor foresees the use of sacrificial components–referred to as limiters–dealing with plasma-wall contacts. Their aim is to protect the first wall (FW) against the huge amount of plasma energy (up to GigaJoules) released in a few milliseconds during disrupti…
Preprint PurchaseZ. Vizvary W. Arter C. Bachmann T. R. Barrett B. Chuilon P. Cooper M. Firdaouss T. Franke J. Gerardin R. Gowland M. Kovari F. Maviglia L. M. Richiusa E. V. Rosa Adame C. Vorpahl A. Wilde Y. Xue
The anticipated heat flux limit of the European DEMO first wall is ~1MW/m2. During transient and off normal events, the heat load deposited on the wall would be much larger than that the steady state heat load and exceed the first wall limit, therefore the breeding blanket first wall needs to be protected in such events. This involves de…
Preprint PublishedZ. Vizvary W. Arter T. R. Barrett D. Calleja M. Firdaouss J. Gerardin M. Kovari F. Maviglia L. Richiusa
Within the DEMO first wall 3-D shape design activity the first study of the effect of misalignment has started. Such assessments have been conducted in the past for ITER and penalty factor maps have been created; this route could be a feasible approach in the case of DEMO wall design also. This paper details the first set of computational tests tha…
Preprint PublishedD. Iglesias W. Arter I. Balboa P. Bunting C. Challis J.W. Coenen Y. Corre S. Esquembri S. Jachmich K. Krieger G.F. Matthews R.A. Pittsh V. Riccardo M.L. Richiusa M. Porton F. Rimini S. Silburn V.K. Thompson R. Otin D. Valcarcel L. Vitton-Mea Z. Vizvary J. Williams JET contributors
The JET outboard divertor targets are the in-vessel components which receive the largest heat flux density. Surface delamination, radial cracks, and tie rod failures have been observed in the outboard tungsten-coated CFC tiles, while bulk tungsten special lamellas were intentionally melted in dedicated experiments. These different types of damag…
PreprintMaria Lorena Richiusa Wayne Arter Dominic Calleja Medhi Firdaouss Jonathan Gerardin Michael Kovari Francesco Maviglia Zsolt Vizvary
Within the framework of EUROfusion DEMO First Wall and limiter design activities, the protection of the First Wall against power deposition peaks is being considered. During steady-state operation, the radiative power from the plasma could be considered uniformly spread on plasma-facing components. However, the presence of openings (i.e. g…
Preprint PublishedMaria Lorena Richiusa Daniel Iglesias Guy F. Matthews Michael Porton Vaughan K. Thompson Zsolt Vizvary
The next D-T campaign will push JET ITER-like Wall (IWL) to high divertor power and energy levels. During the 2016 campaign, the Strike Point (SP) sweeping permitted relevant H-mode scenarios without exceeding the temperature limits imposed by JET Operation Instructions (JOIs). In the subsequent shutdown, six outer divertor tungsten-coated 2D carbo…
Preprint PublishedZ. Vizvary M. L. Richiusa C. Bachmann C. Vorpahl
The DEMO blanket attachment concept is challenging due to several factors: the harsh radiation environment, the thermal expansion, the electro-magnetic loads, the remote maintenance feasibility, and the accurate control of the alignment of the breeding blanket first wall during operation. There are two inboard and three outboard blanket segments…
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