Abstract
The present work focused on the development of a new
approach to the concept design of DEMO Divertor Cassette
(DC) Remote Handling Equipment (RHE). The approach is
based on three main assumptions: the DC remote handling
activities and the equipment shall be simplified as much
as possible; technologies well known and consolidated in
the industrial context can be adopted also in the nuclear
fusion field; the design of the RHE should be based on a
simply supported beam approach instead of cantilever
approach. In detail, during the maintenance activities
the barycentre of the DC is centred with respect to DC
supports. This solution could simplify the design of RHE
with a consequent reduction of the design and development
costs. Moreover also the DC remote handling tasks shall
be simplified in order to better manage the DC
maintenance processes. For this reason the DC assembly
and disassembly process has been simplified dividing the
main sequences in basic movements. For each movement a
dedicated tool has been conceived.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 66-72 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Fusion Engineering and Design |
| Volume | 116 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- DEMO
- divertor cassette
- remote handling
- maintenance