HIGH PRESSURE COOLING MANIFOLD
The water supply manifolds are located on the components facing the plasma of the lower divertor of the WEST (W (Tungsten) Environment Steady-state Tokamak) project.
The pressurized water loop extracts the thermal power received and transfers this thermal power to a secondary circuit via a heat exchanger.
HIGH PRESSURE COOLING MANIFOLD
The mission's challenge
The first part produced using additive manufacturing for the reactor, it required significant technical qualification efforts.
The high pressure combined with operating temperatures required advanced fluid and mechanical analyses, performed using ANSYS Workbench and Fluent.
- Fluid analysis: pressure distribution, pressure losses, flow velocity.
- Mechanical analysis: static, pressure, thermoelastic.
Specificity
Additive manufacturing in Inconel, with heterogeneous pressure weld qualification.Technical characteristics
| Entry temperature | 70°C |
| Max. exit temperature | 120°C |
| Maximum water flow velocity in the elements | 5 m/s |
| Water flow | 95 m3/h |
| b.P max | 5 bar |
| Internal pressure (water AVT) | 33 bar |
| External pressure (ultra-high vacuum chamber) | 10-5 Pa (10-7 mBar) |
Operational characteristics
Cooling system for high-flux components in a vacuum chamber.
Delivery times
The various stages were completed over a period of 12 months:
- Project architecture
- Project management
- Design
- Mechanical analyses
- Specification file
- Documentation
- Manufacturing
Certifications
- This equipment complies with Eurocodes and CODETI.
- Welds comply with standards NF EN ISO 15609-1 and NF EN ISO 15614-1.
