Martina Casciello
Development and validation of multi-physics models for the analysis of superconductive magnets subject to nuclear heating.
Rel. Laura Savoldi, Daniele Placido. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Energetica E Nucleare, 2024
Abstract
Tokamaks and Stellarators emerge as leading candidates for achieving controlled fusion reactions through magnetic confinement. Plasma confinement using magnets, a fundamental element in this context, holds particular promise with High-Temperature Superconductors (HTS), which have the potential to revolutionize the fusion industry by overcoming the limitations of Low-Temperature Superconductors (LTS), enabling the development of compact, steady-state fusion power systems. Despite their potential, these complex devices must be maintained at cryogenic temperatures while being in close proximity to a 10^8 K plasma, generating a heat flux in the range of several MW/m^2 due to neutrons produced by DT or DD reactions. Neutrons, in fact, move in the materials losing their kinetic energy by exchanging into thermal energy, and the deposited heat can become relevant in particular dealing with compact devices.
Consequently, a comprehensive interdisciplinary multi-physics approach, addressed in this paper, is essential to address magnetic, thermal, mechanical, and cryogenic aspects
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