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Power ManagementTechnical Working Group

Structure and Goals

ARIES Project Meeting

14-15 June 2007

M. S. Tillack and A. R. Raffray

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The TWG’s play a key role in the ARIES Pathway Study

Tokamak line of R&D

ITER

Experimental power reactor

ARIES-AT

Non-nuclear tokamaks

Nucleartokamaks

Other R&D and facilities

R&D needs and priorities

Design requirement

s

TWG

Decision to commercialize fusion

ARIES Study Outcomes:1. Guidelines for fusion development2. Sensitivity study results3. R&D planning document4. Preconceptual design requirements5. Preconceptual design report

TWG’s:Power managementTritium managementPlant operations3 4

5

External advisory

committee

Parametric trade

studies 1 2

ARIES-AT Demo

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Our goal is to translate advisory committee recommendations into

design requirements and an R&D plan

Customer Needs

Mission

Present Database

Requirements

Reactor Conceptual

Design

Issues & R&D Needs

R&D Implementation

The “ARIES Process”

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The Power Management TWG

has been populated Mark Tillack (R&D plan leader)

René Raffray (design requirements leader)

Don Steiner

Said Abdel Khalik

Siegfried Malang

Plasma expert tbd

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Mission Statement

Demonstrate fusion energy production and utilization, including: power and particle handling extraction of power core high-grade heat power conversion nuclear performance of in-vessel and ancillary equipment

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1-frad,div

Pn

PDivertor

First wall, PFC’s

Prad,chamb

Pdiv

Pcond

Prad,div

frad

1-frad frad,div

Blanket Cooling

Plasma

Pinjected

In-vesselcomponents

Powerconversion

Systems approach to power management

Pfusion

Creating fusion energy… … for the production of electricity

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R&D Needs and Priorities Subgroup

– Approach and Tasks –

Document the current status of R&D In the US

Worldwide

Characterize the R&D gaps To a power plant

To a CTF/Experimental power reactor

Develop R&D plans and options

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Technical Design Requirements Subgroup

– Approach and Tasks –

Establish scaling metrics and goals

Define device characteristics

Define device parameters

Define operating scenarios and test program

Exploration of parameter space

Demonstration of controllability

Etc.

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TWG Schedule

Jun 2007 Sep 2007 Dec 2007 Mar 2008 Jun 2008 Sep 2008

TWG planning

Documentation

Conceptualdesign process

Conceptual design activity

UAC mtgs

Final reports

R&D planning

Definition of requirements

Formulation of requirements

R&D existing status and needs

R&D plans/options