The development of a novel particle transport and thermal-hydraulic calculation chain for the European DEMO

Marton Szogradi; Antti Snicker

doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2022.113308

The development of a novel particle transport and thermal-hydraulic calculation chain for the European DEMO

Marton Szogradi (Corresponding Author), Antti Snicker

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Aalto University

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Abstract

A versatile calculation chain has been under development at VTT and Aalto University, featuring the ASCOT Monte Carlo orbit-following suite of codes, the Serpent Monte Carlo particle transport code and the Apros® thermal-hydraulic system code. This project aims to establish a comprehensive analytical environment that can aid researchers at multiple stages during the maturation of DEMO. Plasma product source term profiles have been generated using the ASCOT code, providing input for subsequent neutron transport calculations with Serpent. These studies utilized the CAD-based geometry of the equatorial breeding unit of the Water-Cooled Lithium-Lead (WCLL) breeding blanket. Efforts towards optimization have been made, investigating leakages and scalability of these external source simulations. Preliminary particle transport results were reported along with the methodology of converting the tallied data into Apros-relevant input.

Original language	English
Article number	113308
Journal	Fusion Engineering and Design
Volume	184
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2022.113308
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Apros®
ASCOT
DEMO
Neutronics
Plasma physics
Serpent
Thermal-hydraulics
WCLL

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