• DocumentCode
    3198987
  • Title

    Models and experiments for liquid metal-water interaction in fusion reactor blankets

  • Author

    Zucchetti, M. ; Balma, S. ; Ciampichetti, A.

  • Author_Institution
    DENER, Politec. di Torino, Torino, Italy
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    1-5 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The interaction between heavy liquid metals and pressurized water is an important issue both for fusion and fission reactors of new generation. The main results of past experimental activities aimed to investigate this issue are summarized in this paper. A simplified model has been developed to reproduce some of these results. In conditions of water injected in the liquid metal pool at low pressure, the model gives satisfactory results.
  • Keywords
    fusion reactor blankets; fusion reactor safety; liquid metals; water; fission reactors; fusion reactor blankets; fusion reactor safety; heavy liquid metals; liquid metal-water interaction; pressurized water; Accidents; Coolants; Cooling; Employment; Fission reactors; Fusion power generation; Fusion reactor design; Fusion reactors; Inductors; Lead; Heavy liquid metals; experiments of interaction with water; simplified model of water injection in a liquid metal pool;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fusion Engineering, 2009. SOFE 2009. 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2635-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2636-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226379
  • Filename
    5226379