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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
卷 11, 期 24, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app112411653
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blanket first wall; oxide dispersion strengthened steel; high heat flux; diffusion bonding; welding; EUROFER97
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资金
- Euratom research and training program [633053]
Plasma facing components for future nuclear fusion reactors require a variety of fabrication processes, which have different effects on the properties of steel. Research has shown that robust fabrication routes can meet industrial demands, with successful application in first-wall mock-up fabrication. High heat flux testing indicates the viability of using available industrial processes to fabricate future breeding blankets.
Plasma facing components for energy conversion in future nuclear fusion reactors require a broad variety of different fabrication processes. We present, along a series of studies, the general effects and the mutual impact of these processes on the properties of the EUROFER97 steel. We also consider robust fabrication routes, which fit the demands for industrial environments. This includes heat treatment, fusion welding, machining, and solid-state bonding. Introducing and following a new design strategy, we apply the results to the fabrication of a first-wall mock-up, using the same production steps and processes as for real components. Finally, we perform high heat flux tests in the Helium Loop Karlsruhe, applying a few hundred short pulses, in which the maximum operating temperature of 550 degrees C for EUROFER97 is finally exceeded by 100 K. Microstructure analyses do not reveal critical defects or recognizable damage. A distinct ferrite zone at the EUROFER/ODS steel interface is detected. The main conclusions are that future breeding blankets can be successfully fabricated by available industrial processes. The use of ODS steel could make a decisive difference in the performance of breeding blankets, and the first wall should be completely fabricated from ODS steel or plated by an ODS carbon steel.
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