Blanket/first wall challenges and required R&D on the pathway to DEMO
The breeding blanket with integrated first wall (FW) is the key nuclear component for power
extraction, tritium fuel sustainability, and radiation shielding in fusion reactors. The ITER …
extraction, tritium fuel sustainability, and radiation shielding in fusion reactors. The ITER …
Classifications of sustainable manufacturing practices in ASEAN region: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of the past decade of research
This paper aimed to map the existing sustainable manufacturing literature to explore and
classify existing practices to highlight the potential prospect of and obstacles to achieving …
classify existing practices to highlight the potential prospect of and obstacles to achieving …
Discrete element method for effective thermal conductivity of packed pebbles accounting for the Smoluchowski effect
M Moscardini, Y Gan, S Pupeschi, M Kamlah - Fusion Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, a Discrete Element Method (DEM) for the evaluation of the effective thermal
conductivity of pebble beds in fusion blankets is presented. Pebble beds are multiphase …
conductivity of pebble beds in fusion blankets is presented. Pebble beds are multiphase …
DEM simulations of vibrated sphere packings in slender prismatic containers
Abstract Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations are carried out to investigate the
packing structure of the vibrated mono-sized and polydisperse particle assemblies in …
packing structure of the vibrated mono-sized and polydisperse particle assemblies in …
Discrete element modeling of pebble bed packing structures for HCCB TBM
B Gong, Y Feng, H Liao, Y Liu, X Wang… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In solid tritium breeder blanket, the tritium breeder and neutron multiplier are used in formed
of pebbles. To reveal the inner packing structures of the pebble bed, in this paper, the …
of pebbles. To reveal the inner packing structures of the pebble bed, in this paper, the …
[HTML][HTML] Multiscale data-driven modeling of the thermomechanical behavior of granular media with thermal expansion effects
A multiscale data-driven (MSDD) methodology is proposed for simulating the
thermomechanical behavior of granular materials subjected to thermal expansion. The …
thermomechanical behavior of granular materials subjected to thermal expansion. The …
Investigation of effective thermal conductivity for pebble beds by one-way coupled CFD-DEM method for CFETR WCCB
The mono-sized beryllium pebble bed and the multi-sized Li 2 TiO 3/Be 12 Ti mixed pebble
bed are the main schemes for the Water-cooled ceramic breeder blanket (WCCB) of China …
bed are the main schemes for the Water-cooled ceramic breeder blanket (WCCB) of China …
Effective thermal conductivity of a compacted pebble bed in a stagnant gaseous environment: An analytical approach together with DEM
An analytical estimate of the effective thermal conductivity of a pebble bed with mono-sized
pebbles in the presence of a stagnant gas is presented. The Discrete Element Method …
pebbles in the presence of a stagnant gas is presented. The Discrete Element Method …
Investigation of the packing structure of pebble beds by DEM for CFETR WCCB
L Chen, Y Chen, K Huang, S Liu - Journal of Nuclear Science and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Li2TiO3/Be12Ti mixed pebble beds with multi-sized particles are one of the potential
candidates for the WCCB (water-cooled ceramic breeder blanket) of the CFETR (China …
candidates for the WCCB (water-cooled ceramic breeder blanket) of the CFETR (China …
Fast fabrication of high quality Li2TiO3–Li4SiO4 biphasic ceramic pebbles by microwave sintering: In comparison with conventional sintering
Y Zeng, R Chen, M Yang, H Wang, H Guo, Y Shi… - Ceramics …, 2019 - Elsevier
A comparative study between the microwave and conventional sintering of Li 2 TiO 3–Li 4
SiO 4 biphasic ceramic pebbles was systematically performed. Comparing to samples …
SiO 4 biphasic ceramic pebbles was systematically performed. Comparing to samples …