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FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
Volume 116, Issue -, Pages 73-80Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.01.026
Keywords
Effective thermal conductivity; Ceramic breeder; Pebble beds; Hot wire method; Advanced breeder material; Lithium orthosilicate
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- Euratom research and training programme [633053]
- Fusion for Energy [F4E-FPA-380-A3: SG01]
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As the knowledge of the effective thermal conductivity of ceramic breeder pebble beds under fusion relevant conditions is essential for the development of solid breeder blanket concepts, the EU advanced and reference lithium orthosilicate material were investigated with a newly developed experimental setup based on the transient hot wire method. The effective thermal conductivity was investigated in the temperature range RT-700 degrees C. Experiments were performed in helium and air atmospheres in the pressure range 0.12-0.4 MPa (abs.) under a compressive load up to 6 MPa. Results show a negligible influence of the chemical composition of the solid material on the bed's effective thermal conductivity. A severe reduction of the effective thermal conductivity was observed in air. In both atmospheres an increase of the effective thermal conductivity with the temperature was detected, while the influence of the compressive load was found to be small. A clear dependence of the effective thermal conductivity on the pressure of the filling gas was observed in helium in contrast to air, where the pressure dependence was drastically reduced. (C) 2017 EURATOM. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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