Within the framework of the Work Package Divertor, Subproject: Cassette Design and Integration (WPDIV-Cassette) of the EUROfusion action, a research campaign has been jointly carried out by ENEA and University of Palermo to investigate the thermal-hydraulic performances of the DEMO divertor cassette cooling system. Attention has been focussed on the divertor Plasma Facing Components (PFCs) cooling circuit and a parametric analysis has been carried out in order to assess the potential impact of proper layout changes on its thermal-hydraulic performances, mainly in terms of coolant total pressure drop, flow velocity distribution and margin against critical heat flux occurrence. The research activity has been carried out following a theoretical-computational approach based on the finite volume method and adopting a qualified Computational Fluid-Dynamic (CFD) code. Results obtained have allowed to select a revised PFCs cooling circuit configuration, suitable to comply with the prescribed thermal-hydraulic limits assumed for the DEMO divertor design. They are reported and critically discussed.
Di Maio, P.A.*, Garitta, S., You, J.H., Mazzone, G., Marino, M., Vallone, E. (2018). On the thermal-hydraulic optimization of DEMO divertor plasma facing components cooling circuit. FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 136, 1438-1443 [10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.05.032].
On the thermal-hydraulic optimization of DEMO divertor plasma facing components cooling circuit
Di Maio, P. A.
;Garitta, S.;Vallone, E.
2018-01-01
Abstract
Within the framework of the Work Package Divertor, Subproject: Cassette Design and Integration (WPDIV-Cassette) of the EUROfusion action, a research campaign has been jointly carried out by ENEA and University of Palermo to investigate the thermal-hydraulic performances of the DEMO divertor cassette cooling system. Attention has been focussed on the divertor Plasma Facing Components (PFCs) cooling circuit and a parametric analysis has been carried out in order to assess the potential impact of proper layout changes on its thermal-hydraulic performances, mainly in terms of coolant total pressure drop, flow velocity distribution and margin against critical heat flux occurrence. The research activity has been carried out following a theoretical-computational approach based on the finite volume method and adopting a qualified Computational Fluid-Dynamic (CFD) code. Results obtained have allowed to select a revised PFCs cooling circuit configuration, suitable to comply with the prescribed thermal-hydraulic limits assumed for the DEMO divertor design. They are reported and critically discussed.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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