Thermal behaviour analysis on ITER component cooling water system loop 2B

• Published in: Fusion engineering and design 2015-11, Vol.100, p.249-253
• Main Authors: Guo, Bin, Fu, Peng, Dell’Orco, Giovanni, Liliana, Teodoros, Tao, Jun, Yang, Lei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Clients; Cooling curves; Cooling rate; Cooling systems; Heat exchangers; Heat transfer; ITER CCWS-2B loop; Temperature fluctuation; Thermal analysis; Thermal behaviour; Thermal-hydraulic; Water temperature
• ISSN: 0920-3796; 1873-7196
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.06.019

•Thermal hydraulic analysis model has been developed to perform thermal analysis on the component cooling water system loop 2B.•The cooling water temperature profile at client inlet and outlet during one cycle of the most demanding plasma operation scenario was obtained.•Operation behaviour of the main heat exchanger for CCWS-2B has been depicted. ITER cooling water system is composed by several cooling loops, the primary heat transfer loops that form the Tokamak Cooling Water System (TCWS), the secondary heat transfer loops that form the Component Cooling Water System (CCWS) and the Chilled Water System (CHWS) and a tertiary heat transfer loop which is the Heat Rejection System (HRS). The CCWS is further divided into CCWS-1, CCWS-2A, CCWS-2B, CCWS-2C, CCWS-2D depending on the water chemistry needs of clients and wetted area material. The component cooling water system loop 2B (CCWS-2B) has the function to remove heat load from coil power supply component, Neutral Beam Injectors (NBIs) system component and diagnostic system which are located in different buildings. As the total number of the client connections for the loop is a few hundreds, simplified thermal hydraulic analysis model has been developed to perform thermal analysis on the component cooling water system loop 2B. The curve of the cooling water temperature at client inlet and outlet during one cycle of the most demanding plasma operation scenario was obtained and the cooling water flow rate can meet the thermal removal requirement of client was also confirmed from this analysis. In addition, operation behaviour of the main heat exchanger for CCWS-2B in this thermal analysis was depicted for main heat exchanger selection purposes. This study has been carried out with the AFT Fathom code.