Published November 1, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Engineering design and analysis of Indian LLCB TBM set

  • 1. Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, Gujarat (India)
  • 2. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085 (India)

Description

India is developing Lead Lithium cooled Ceramic Breeder (LLCB) Test Blanket Module (TBM) for testing in ITER for the validation of fusion blanket design tools, tritium breeding performance and high grade heat extraction capability relevant to Indian DEMO. LLCB TBM is designed to withstand various ITER loads and its combinations, like thermal, mechanical including the high pressure coolant loads, electromagnetic loads during plasma disruption and seismic loading conditions. LLCB TBM system is designed in compliance with ITER Safety requirements and guidelines. A few challenging part in the design includes the design of helium cooled First Wall (FW) and back plates, the attachment system between TBM and the shield block to withstand loads for all the ITER operational modes, routing of high temperature process pipes between TBM and the shield block, interfaces between process pipes and the connecting flange, design of manifolds of different process fluids etc. Analysis has been performed on the LLCB TBM set using a Finite Element code, ANSYS. Relevant codes and standards, namely the French code RCC-MR, has been followed for the design analysis. The details of the analysis and further plans and proposals for improvement in design will be discussed in this paper.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.11.018

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.11.018;
PII
S0920-3796(15)30343-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Fusion Engineering and Design
Journal Volume
109-111
Journal Issue
Part B
Journal Page Range
p. 1581-1586
ISSN
0920-3796
CODEN
FEDEEE

Conference

Title
12. international symposium on fusion nuclear technology
Acronym
ISFNT-12
Dates
14-18 Sep 2015
Place
Jeju Island (Korea, Republic of)

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