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Advancements in Designing the DEMO Driver Blanket System at the EU DEMO Pre-Conceptual Design Phase: Overview, Challenges and Opportunities by Hernández, Francisco A., Arena, Pietro, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Cristescu, Ion, Del Nevo, Alessandro, Sardain, Pierre, Spagnuolo, Gandolfo A., Utili, Marco, Venturini, Alessandro, Zhou, Guangming

“…The EU conducted the pre-conceptual design (PCD) phase of the demonstration reactor (DEMO) during 2014–2020 under the framework of the EUROfusion consortium…”
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An enhanced, near-term HCPB design as driver blanket for the EU DEMO by Hernández, Francisco A., Pereslavtsev, Pavel, Zhou, Guangming, Neuberger, Heiko, Rey, Jorg, Kang, Qinlan, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Bubelis, Evaldas, Moscato, Ivo, Dongiovanni, Danilo

“…The Helium Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB) breeding blanket is a candidate as driver blanket for the EU DEMO. The reference design of the HCPB is based on a cooling…”
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Consolidated design of the HCPB Breeding Blanket for the pre-Conceptual Design Phase of the EU DEMO and harmonization with the ITER HCPB TBM program by Hernández, Francisco A., Pereslavtsev, Pavel, Zhou, Guangming, Kang, Qinlan, D’Amico, Salvatore, Neuberger, Heiko, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Kiss, Béla, Nádasi, Gábor, Maqueda, Luis, Cristescu, Ion, Moscato, Ivo, Ricapito, Italo, Cismondi, Fabio

“…•A consolidated design of the HCPB blanket has been achieved for the pre-Conceptual Design Phase of the EU DEMO.•While a fairly large TBR can be reached, the…”
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Preliminary steady state and transient thermal analysis of the new HCPB blanket for EU DEMO reactor by Zhou, Guangming, Hernández, Francisco, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Chen, Hongli, Ye, Minyou

“…This paper reports the thermal analyses of a new version of the Helium Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB) blanket developed in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)…”
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Design study on the new EU DEMO HCPB breeding blanket: Thermal analysis by Zhou, Guangming, Hernández, Francisco, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Chen, Hongli, Ye, Minyou

“…This paper describes the thermal design analyses of a new version of the Helium Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB) breeding blanket developed in Karlsruhe Institute of…”
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Measurements of the purge helium pressure drop across pebble beds packed with lithium orthosilicate and glass pebbles by Abou-Sena, Ali, Arbeiter, Frederik, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Schlindwein, Georg

“…•The objective is to measure the purge helium pressure drop across various HCPB-relevant pebble beds packed with lithium orthosilicate and glass pebbles.•The…”
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Experimental study and analysis of the purge gas pressure drop across the pebble beds for the fusion HCPB blanket by Abou-Sena, Ali, Arbeiter, Frederik, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Rey, Jörg, Schlindwein, Georg

“…► The pressure drop significantly increases with decreasing the pebbles diameter. ► The pressure drop slightly increases with increasing the packing factor. ►…”
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He-cooled demo divertor: Design verification testing against mechanical impact loads by Norajitra, Prachai, Antusch, Steffen, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Kuzmic, Momir, Maione, Ivan, Spatafora, Luigi

“…A modular He-cooled divertor concept for DEMO has been developed at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. The design goal is to achieve a DEMO-relevant high heat…”
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Overview of the HCPB Research Activities in EUROfusion by Hernandez, Francisco A., Arbeiter, Frederik, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Bubelis, Evaldas, Chakin, Vladimir P., Cristescu, Ion, Ghidersa, Bradut E., Gonzalez, Maria, Hering, Wolfgang, Hernandez, Teresa, Jin, Xue Z., Kamlah, Marc, Kiss, Bela, Knitter, Regina, Kolb, Matthias. H. H., Kurinskiy, Petr, Leys, Oliver, Maione, Ivan A., Moscardini, Marigrazia, Nadasi, Gabor, Neuberger, Heiko, Pereslavtsev, Pavel, Pupeschi, Simone, Rolli, Rolf, Ruck, Sebastian, Spagnuolo, Gandolfo A., Vladimirov, Pavel V., Zeile, Christian, Zhou, Guangming

“…In the framework of the EUROfusion's Power Plant Physics and Technology, the working package breeding blanket (BB) aims at investigating four different BB…”
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Preliminary structural analysis of the new HCPB blanket for EU DEMO reactor by Zhou, Guangming, Hernández, Francisco, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Chen, Hongli, Ye, Minyou

“…Currently the HCPB blanket concept is one of the four breeding blankets concepts under development for the European DEMO. This work reports on the results of…”
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Evaluation of EM loads distribution on DEMO blanket segments and their effect on mechanical integrity by Maione, Ivan Alessio, Zeile, Christian, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Vaccaro, Alessandro

“…•Two DEMO 2015 ANSYS FEM models (for EM and structural analysis) have been implemented based on the EU-HCPB concept.•Lorentz’s forces have been calculated and…”
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Impact of pulsed operation on lifetime of DEMO blanket by Aktaa, Jarir, Boccaccini, Lorenzo V., Bachmann, Christian

“…The impact of pulsed operation on thermo-mechanical fatigue and creep-fatigue lifetimes of DEMO blanket is evaluated. Non-linear finite element (FE) analyses…”
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Must we use ferritic steel in TBM? by Salavy, J.-F., Boccaccini, L.V., Chaudhuri, P., Cho, S., Enoeda, M., Giancarli, L.M., Kurtz, R.J., Luo, T.Y., Rao, K. Bhanu Sankara, Wong, C.P.C.

“…Mock-ups of DEMO breeding blankets, called Test Blanket Modules (TBMs), inserted and tested in ITER in dedicated equatorial ports directly facing the plasma,…”
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Strategy for the blanket testing in ITER by Boccaccini, L.V, Fischer, U, Kleefeldt, K, Malang, S, Schleisiek, K

“…ITER is anticipated as the only step between now and the DEMO fusion reactor. One of its main objectives is to demonstrate the availability and integration of…”
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Passive system for cooling the inboard region in case of a severe accident by Boccaccini, L.V, Gordeev, S, Malang, S

“…Previous calculations performed for different fusion reactor concepts indicated that the absence of an effective heat sink for the after-heat in the inboard…”
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Design description and performance analyses of the European HCPB test blanket system in ITER feat by Boccaccini, L.V, Bekris, N, Chen, Y, Fischer, U, Gordeev, S, Hermsmeyer, S, Hutter, E, Kleefeldt, K, Malang, S, Schleisiek, K, Schmuck, I, Schnauder, H, Tsige-Tamirat, H

“…The helium cooled pebble bed (HCPB) blanket is one of the two European DEMO blanket concepts proposed for testing in international thermonuclear experimental…”
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