Thermal-hydraulics analyses and external circuits layout for the EU DEMO water cooled Pb-17Li blanket concept

This paper describes the detailed thermal-hydraulics analyses performed on the EU reference design for DEMO water-cooled Pb-17Li blanket. It includes the calculation of pressure drops and flow-rates in the main fluid circuits (first-wall and Pb-17Li-pool water-cooling circuits and Pb-17Li circuit, for both inboard and outboard segments), and an Out-of-Vessel Loss-Of-Coolant Accident (LOCA) analysis showing that a LOCA in one of the two independent cooling-circuits does not lead to unacceptable temperatures in all parts of the blanket. A preliminary description of the external circuits layout (out-of-vessel) is also given in the paper. (author) 6 refs.; 2 figs.; 5 tabs