The WCLL Breeding Blanket of DEMO and the Test Blanket Module (TBM) of ITER require accurate R&D activities, i.e., concept validation at a relevant scale and safety demonstrations. In view of this, the strategic objective of the Water Loop (WL) facility, belonging to the W-HYDRA experimental platform planned at C.R. Brasimone of ENEA, is twofold: to conduct R&D activities for the WCLL BB to validate design performances and to increase the technical maturity level for selection and validation phases, as well as to support the ITER WCLL Test Blanket System program. Basically, the Water Loop facility will have the capability to investigate the design features and performances of scaled-down or portions of breeding blanket components, as well as full-scale TBM mock-ups. It is a large-/medium-scale water coolant plant that will provide water coolant at high pressure and temperature. It is composed by single-phase primary (designed at 18.5 MPa and 350 °C) and secondary (designed at 2.5 MPa and 220 °C) systems thermally connected with a two-phase tertiary loop acting as an ultimate heat sink (designed at 6 bar and 80 °C). The primary loop has two main sources of power: an electrical heater up to about 1 MWe, installed in the cold side, downstream of the pump and upstream of the test section, and an electron beam gun acting as a heat flux generator. The WL has unique features and is designed as a multi-purpose facility capable of being coupled with the LIFUS5/Mod4 facility to study PbLi/water reaction at a large scale. This paper presents the status of the Water Loop facility, highlighting objectives, design features, and the analyses performed.

The design of water loop facility for supporting the WCLL breeding blanket technology and safety / Vannoni, Alessandra; Arena, Pietro; Gonfiotti, Bruno; Eboli, Marica; Lorusso, Pierdomenico; Tincani, Amelia; Badodi, Nicolò; Cammi, Antonio; Giannetti, Fabio; Ciurluini, Cristiano; Forgione, Nicola; Galleni, Francesco; Catanzaro, Ilenia; Vallone, Eugenio; Di Maio, Pietro Alessandro; Agostini, Pietro; Del Nevo, Alessandro. - In: ENERGIES. - ISSN 1996-1073. - 16:23(2023), pp. 1-21. [10.3390/en16237746]

The design of water loop facility for supporting the WCLL breeding blanket technology and safety

Vannoni, Alessandra
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Giannetti, Fabio;Ciurluini, Cristiano;
2023

Abstract

The WCLL Breeding Blanket of DEMO and the Test Blanket Module (TBM) of ITER require accurate R&D activities, i.e., concept validation at a relevant scale and safety demonstrations. In view of this, the strategic objective of the Water Loop (WL) facility, belonging to the W-HYDRA experimental platform planned at C.R. Brasimone of ENEA, is twofold: to conduct R&D activities for the WCLL BB to validate design performances and to increase the technical maturity level for selection and validation phases, as well as to support the ITER WCLL Test Blanket System program. Basically, the Water Loop facility will have the capability to investigate the design features and performances of scaled-down or portions of breeding blanket components, as well as full-scale TBM mock-ups. It is a large-/medium-scale water coolant plant that will provide water coolant at high pressure and temperature. It is composed by single-phase primary (designed at 18.5 MPa and 350 °C) and secondary (designed at 2.5 MPa and 220 °C) systems thermally connected with a two-phase tertiary loop acting as an ultimate heat sink (designed at 6 bar and 80 °C). The primary loop has two main sources of power: an electrical heater up to about 1 MWe, installed in the cold side, downstream of the pump and upstream of the test section, and an electron beam gun acting as a heat flux generator. The WL has unique features and is designed as a multi-purpose facility capable of being coupled with the LIFUS5/Mod4 facility to study PbLi/water reaction at a large scale. This paper presents the status of the Water Loop facility, highlighting objectives, design features, and the analyses performed.
2023
fusion technology; water loop facility; design; WCLL; DEMO
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The design of water loop facility for supporting the WCLL breeding blanket technology and safety / Vannoni, Alessandra; Arena, Pietro; Gonfiotti, Bruno; Eboli, Marica; Lorusso, Pierdomenico; Tincani, Amelia; Badodi, Nicolò; Cammi, Antonio; Giannetti, Fabio; Ciurluini, Cristiano; Forgione, Nicola; Galleni, Francesco; Catanzaro, Ilenia; Vallone, Eugenio; Di Maio, Pietro Alessandro; Agostini, Pietro; Del Nevo, Alessandro. - In: ENERGIES. - ISSN 1996-1073. - 16:23(2023), pp. 1-21. [10.3390/en16237746]
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