Energies (Nov 2021)

Experimental Investigation of EU-DEMO Breeding Blanket First Wall Mock-Ups in Support of the Manufacturing and Material Development Programmes

  • Bradut-Eugen Ghidersa,
  • Ali Abou Sena,
  • Michael Rieth,
  • Thomas Emmerich,
  • Martin Lux,
  • Jarir Aktaa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/en14227580
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 22
p. 7580

Abstract

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This paper presents the testing campaign of the two First Wall mock-ups in the HELOKA facility, one mock-up having a 3 mm thick Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) steel layer on its surface and the other featuring a tungsten functionally graded cover. Special consideration is given to the diagnostics used for these tests, in particular, the measurement of the surface temperature of the tungsten functionally graded layer with an infrared camera. Additionally, the paper looks into the uncertainty associated with the calorimetric evaluation of the applied heating power for these experiments.

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