Conceptual design of an electrical power module for the tokamak fusion test reactor
Abstract
The TFTR Engineering Test Station (ETS) can support blanket modules with a fusion-neutron view area of 0.5 sq m. If the TFTR magnetic systems and beam injectors can operate with pulse lengths of 5 s, once every 300 s, the time-averaged neutron power incident on a module will be 1.5 kW, which can be enhanced by a suitable blanket energy multiplier. A preliminary design of a dual-loop steam-generating power system that can be housed in the ETS has been carried out. The optimal heat transfer fluid in the primary loop is an organic liquid, which allows an operating temperature of 700 F at low pressure. A ballast tank levels the temperature at the steam generator, so that the secondary loop is in steady-state operation. With a natural-uranium blanket multiplier, the time-averaged net electrical power is 1.2 kW(e).
- Publication:
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8th Symposium on Engineering Problems of Fusion Research
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979epfr.conf.1328J
- Keywords:
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- Blankets (Fusion Reactors);
- Electric Power Supplies;
- Engineering Test Reactors;
- Pulse Generators;
- Reactor Design;
- Tokamak Devices;
- Design Analysis;
- Heat Transfer;
- Organic Liquids;
- Performance Prediction;
- Plasma Physics