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Christian Zeile

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Automated parametric neutronics analysis of the Helium Cooled Pebble Bed breeder blanket with Be 12 Ti

2017

The Helium Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB) breeder blanket is being developed as part of the European Fusion Programme. Part of the programme is to investigate blanket designs relevant for future demonstration fusion power plants. This paper presents neutronics analyses of the HCPB with an alternative neutron multiplier, Be12Ti which is incorporated into the design, replacing the current Be multiplier. A parameter study was performed for a range of geometries to identify the optimal heights of the lithium ceramic and neutron multiplier pebble beds. Automated creation of CAD models followed by conversion to constructive solid geometry (CSG) and unstructured mesh (UM) geometry allows the models to b…

Neutron transportMaterials scienceNuclear engineeringHCPBNeutronicBlanket01 natural sciences7. Clean energy010305 fluids & plasmasBreeder blanketConstructive solid geometryMaterials Science(all)0103 physical sciencesGeneral Materials ScienceNeutronCAD010306 general physicsPebbleFusionParametricSettore ING-IND/19 - Impianti NucleariParametric statisticsCivil and Structural EngineeringMechanical EngineeringFusion powerNuclear Energy and EngineeringMultiplier (economics)CoupledVolumetric heatingFusion Engineering and Design
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Overview of the HCPB Research Activities in EUROfusion

2018

In the framework of the EUROfusion’s Power Plant Physics and Technology, the working package breeding blanket (BB) aims at investigating four different BB concepts for an EU demonstration fusion reactor (DEMO). One of these concepts is the helium-cooled pebble bed (HCPB) BB, which is based on the use of pebble beds of lithiated ternary compounds and Be or beryllides as tritium breeder and multiplier materials, respectively, EUROFER97 as structural steel and He as coolant. This paper aims at giving an overview of the EU HCPB BB Research and Development (R&D) being developed at KIT, in collaboration with Wigner-RCP, BUTE-INT, and CIEMAT. The paper gives an outline of the HCPB BB design evolut…

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPower stationHelium-cooled pebble bed (HCPB)BlanketCondensed Matter Physics7. Clean energy01 natural sciences010305 fluids & plasmas13. Climate action0103 physical sciencesdemonstration fusion reactor (DEMO)Systems engineeringEUROfusion010306 general physicsDesign evolutiontritium breedingSettore ING-IND/19 - Impianti Nucleari
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