One- and two-dimensional heating analyses of fusion synfuel blankets

Comparisons between one- and two-dimensional neutronics and heating analyses were performed on a Brookhaven designed fusion reactor blanket featuring synthetic fuel production. In this two temperature region blanket design, the structural shell is stainless steel. The interior of the module is a packed ball of high temperature ceramic material. The low temperature shell and the high temperature ceramic interior are separately cooled. Process steam (approx. 15000C) is then produced in the ceramic core for the producion of H2 and H2-based synthetic fuels by a high temperature electrolysis (HTE) process