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Design and analysis of robot for the maintenance of divertor in DEMO fusion reactor

  • Changyang Li*
  • , Huapeng Wu
  • , Harri Eskelinen
  • , Mikko Siuko
  • , Antony Loving
  • *Corresponding author for this work

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticleScientificpeer-review

    Abstract

    The present paper introduces a remote robot solution for maintenance of divertor in DEMO fusion reactor. The task of the robot is to lift and extraction the divertor cassette within the vacuum vessel (VV) of DEMO. The kinematic design of the robot has been optimized for the DEMO access, inverse kinematics of the robot solution are introduced. A preliminary concept of the robot solution is built and the uninstallation of divertor cassette is illustrated. Main components are presented in detail and FE analysis of the main component of the solution is carried out.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2092-2095
    JournalFusion Engineering and Design
    Volume146
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2019
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Funding

    This work is supported by the Eurofusion Education.

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    Keywords

    • DEMO vacuum vessel
    • Remote handling
    • Robot solution

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