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First-wall component with tube segment

US7940880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Plansee SE · AT

Inventors

Bertram Schedler · Reutte, AT
Thomas Huber · Schliersee, DE
Anton Zabernig · Reutte, AT
Karlheinz Scheiber · Breitenwang, AT
Dietmar Schedle · Reutte, AT
Thomas Friedrich · Loudon, US
Hans-Dieter Friedle · Landeck, AT
Sandra Mair · Reutte, AT
Nadine Worle · Landeck, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 6, 2006
Grant date	May 10, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 30, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E30/10
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a first-wall component of a fusion reactor, which comprises at least one heat shield of a graphitic material and a cooling tube of copper or a copper alloy. Arranged between the heat shield and the cooling tube is a tube segment, which is connected at least in certain regions to the heat shield and to the cooling tube via copper-containing layers.

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