Molten salt self-cooled solid first wall and blanket design based on advanced ferritic steel

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 245-275

  Wong, C P C ^a   Malang, S ^b   Sawan, M ^c   Sviatoslavsky, I ^c   Mogahed, E ^c   Smolentsev, S ^d   Majumdar, S ^e   Merrill, B ^f   Mattas, R ^e   Friend, M ^a   Bolin, J ^a   Sharafat, S ^d  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b Fusion Nuclear Technology Consulting   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced ferritic steel; Blanket; First wall; FLiBe; Fusion; Gas turbine; Liquid metal MHD; Re circulation coolant; Systems study

Indexed keywords

FERRITE; FUSION REACTIONS; GAS TURBINES; HEAT FLUX; LIQUID METALS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SALTS; STEEL; THERMOANALYSIS;

BLANKET; FERRITIC STEELS; GAS TURBINE; SURFACE HEAT-FLUX; SYSTEM STUDY; THERMAL EFFECIENCY;

MOLTEN MATERIALS;

EID: 7444233282     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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