Divertor conceptual designs for a fusion power plant

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7-9, 2008, Pages 893-902

  Norajitra, Prachai ^a   Abdel Khalik, Said I ^b   Giancarli, Luciano M ^c   Ihli, Thomas ^a   Janeschitz, Guenter ^a   Malang, Siegfried ^d   Mazul, Igor V ^e   Sardain, Pierre ^f  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d Scientific Technical Centre Sintez ^*  (Germany)

^e EFREMOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

ARIES CS; Fusion power plant; Helium cooled divertor; HEMJ concept; High heat flux; Impingement cooling; PPCS

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FUSION REACTIONS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HELIUM; INERT GASES; LIQUID METALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METAL RECOVERY; PLASMAS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ARIES-CS; FUSION POWER PLANT; HEMJ CONCEPT; HIGH HEAT FLUX; IMPINGEMENT COOLING; PPCS;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 57049095399     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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