Maturation of critical technologies for the DEMO balance of plant systems

L. Barucca*, W. Hering, S. Perez Martin, E. Bubelis, A. Del Nevo, M. Di Prinzio, M. Caramello, A. D'Alessandro, A. Tarallo, E. Vallone, I. Moscato, A. Quartararo, S. D'amico, F. Giannetti, P. Lorusso, V. Narcisi, C. Ciurluini, M. J. Montes Pita, C. Sánchez, A. RoviraD. Santana, P. Gonzales, R. Barbero, M. Zaupa, Marton Szogradi, S. Normann, M. Väänänen, Jaakko Ylätalo, M. Lewandowska, L. Malinowski, E. Martelli, A. Froio, P. Arena, A. Tincani

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Abstract

The Pre-Concept Design (PCD) of the Balance of Plant (BoP) systems of the EU-DEMO power plant is described in this paper for both breeding blanket (BB) concepts under assessment, namely the Water Cooled Lithium Lead (WCLL) BB and the Helium Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB) BB. Moreover, the results of a preliminary evaluation of a number of BoP variants are discussed. This paper outlines the steps of the BoP design development, highlighting the project objectives and the strategy for their achievement under the very challenging requirements which include, among others, the intermittent nature of the DEMO plasma heat source. The main achievements during the PCD Phase will be reported together with the development plan for the Concept Design (CD) Phase to reach a mature (feasible) BoP concept for DEMO.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113096
JournalFusion Engineering and Design
Volume179
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2022
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2014-2018 and 2019-2020 under grant agreement No 633053 . The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.

Keywords

  • Balance of plant
  • DEMO
  • HCPB BB
  • Power conversion system
  • Steam generator
  • WCLL BB

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