IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v14y2021i9p2543-d545700.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

CFD Optimization of the Resistivity Meter for the IFMIF-DONES Facility

Author

Listed:
  • Ranieri Marinari

    (ENEA, ENEA Brasimone Research Centre, Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, BO, Italy)

  • Paolo Favuzza

    (ENEA, ENEA Brasimone Research Centre, Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, BO, Italy)

  • Davide Bernardi

    (ENEA, ENEA Brasimone Research Centre, Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, BO, Italy)

  • Francesco Saverio Nitti

    (ENEA, ENEA Brasimone Research Centre, Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, BO, Italy)

  • Ivan Di Piazza

    (ENEA, ENEA Brasimone Research Centre, Department of Fusion and Nuclear Safety Technology, 40032 Camugnano, BO, Italy)

Abstract

A detailed study of lithium-related topics in the IFMIF-DONES facility is currently being promoted and supported within the EUROfusion action, paying attention to different pivotal aspects including lithium flow stability and the monitoring and extraction of impurities. The resistivity meter is a device able to monitor online non-metallic impurities (mainly nitrogen) in flowing lithium. It relies on the variation of the electric resistivity produced by dissolved anions: the higher the concentration of impurities in lithium, the higher the resistivity measured. The current configuration of the resistivity meter has shown different measuring issues during its operation. All these issues reduce the accuracy of the measurements performed with this instrument and introduce relevant noise affecting the resistance value. This paper proposes different upgrades, supported by CFD simulations, to optimize lithium flow conditions and to reduce measurement problems. Owing to these upgrades, a new design of the resistivity meter has been achieved, which is simpler and easier to manufacture.

Suggested Citation

  • Ranieri Marinari & Paolo Favuzza & Davide Bernardi & Francesco Saverio Nitti & Ivan Di Piazza, 2021. "CFD Optimization of the Resistivity Meter for the IFMIF-DONES Facility," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-15, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:9:p:2543-:d:545700
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/9/2543/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/9/2543/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:9:p:2543-:d:545700. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.