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Study on Multiphysics Coupling and Automatic Neutronic Optimization for Solid Tritium Breeding Blanket of Fusion Reactor

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  • Shen Qu

    (Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China)

  • Qixiang Cao

    (Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China)

  • Xuru Duan

    (Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China)

  • Xueren Wang

    (Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
    Fusion Power System, LLC, San Diego, CA 92127, USA)

  • Xiaoyu Wang

    (Southwestern Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China)

Abstract

A tritium breeding blanket (TBB) is an essential component in a fusion reactor, which has functions of tritium breeding, energy generation and neutron shielding. Tritium breeding ratio (TBR) is a key parameter to evaluate whether the TBB could produce enough tritium to achieve tritium self-sufficiency (TBR > 1) for a fusion reactor. Current codes or software struggle to meet the requirements of high efficiency and high automation for neutronic optimization of the TBB. In this paper, the multiphysics coupling and automatic neutronic optimization method study for a solid breeder TBB is performed, and a corresponding code is developed. A typical module of China fusion engineering test reactor (CFETR) helium cooled ceramic breeder (HCCB) TBB was selected, and a 3D neutronics model of an initial scheme is developed. The automatic neutronic optimization was performed by using the developed code for verification. Results indicate that the TBR could increase from 1.219 to 1.282 (~5.17% improvement), and that the maximum temperature of each type of material in the optimized scheme is below the allowable temperature. It is of great scientific significance and engineering value to explore and study the algorithm for automatic neutronic optimization and the code development of the TBB.

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  • Shen Qu & Qixiang Cao & Xuru Duan & Xueren Wang & Xiaoyu Wang, 2021. "Study on Multiphysics Coupling and Automatic Neutronic Optimization for Solid Tritium Breeding Blanket of Fusion Reactor," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:17:p:5442-:d:627043
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