DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEAD LITHIUM (DCLL) BLANKET CONCEPT

被引:81
作者
Malang, S. [1 ]
Tillack, M. [2 ]
Wong, C. P. C. [3 ]
Morley, N. [4 ]
Smolentsev, S. [4 ]
机构
[1] Fus Nucl Technol Consulting, Linkenheim, Germany
[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Energy Res Ctr, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
[3] Gen Atom, San Diego, CA USA
[4] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
关键词
POWER-PLANT; COOLANT; DESIGN; US; BREEDER; PB-17LI;
D O I
10.13182/FST10-212
中图分类号
TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];
学科分类号
0827 ; 082701 ;
摘要
Liquid metal breeders such as Lithium or the eutectic Lead-Lithium alloy PbLi have the potential for attractive breeding blankets, especially if the liquid metal serves as breeder and coolant. However, cooling of first wall and blanket structure is a challenging task because the magnetic field degrades the heat transfer and can cause a really high pressure drop. To overcome these problems, dual coolant blankets with helium cooled FW/blanket structure and a self-cooled breeding zone had been proposed, with electrical insulation by ceramic-coatings or sandwich flow channel inserts. Such concepts are in principle simpler than helium cooled blankets, but the thermal efficiency is limited to similar to 35 % as in any helium cooled blankets with steel structure. A much higher efficiency up to about 45 % became feasible when the sandwich insulator was replaced by flow channel inserts (FCI) made of a SiC composite. This FCI serves as thermal insulator too, allowing an exit temperature of similar to 700 degrees C, suitable for a BRAYTON cycle power conversion system. The subject of this paper is a description of the Lead-Lithium blanket development and the major improvements on the dual coolant Lead-Lithium (DCLL) blanket concept achieved in the US during the last 10 years.
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页码:249 / 256
页数:8
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