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First-wall component for a fusion reactor

US8064563B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The European Atomic Energy Community, Represented by the European Commission · BE

Inventors

Thomas Friedrich · Loudon, US
Arno Plankensteiner · Absam, AT
Bertram Schedler · Reutte, AT
Karlheinz Scheiber · Breitenwang, AT
Hans-Dieter Friedle · Landeck, AT
Thomas Huber · Schliersee, DE
Dietmar Schedle · Reutte, AT
Anton Zabernig · Reutte, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2007
Grant date	Nov 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 24, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A first-wall component for a fusion reactor contains at least one heat shield having a first region inclined toward the plasma and a second region lying opposite the first region and formed of a graphitic material. The heat shield has one or more slots that end in the first or second regions and are oriented generally in the direction of an axis of the cooling tube. The components suitably cope with the mechanical stresses resulting both from production and from thermal cycling.

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