TY - JOUR
T1 - Code development for analysis of MHD pressure drop reduction in a liquid metal blanket using insulation technique based on a fully developed flow model
AU - Smolentsev, Sergey
AU - Morley, Neil
AU - Abdou, Mohamed
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - The paper presents details of a new numerical code for analysis of a fully developed MHD flow in a channel of a liquid metal blanket using various insulation techniques. The code has specially been designed for channels with a "sandwich" structure of several materials with different physical properties. The code includes a finite-volume formulation, automatically generated Hartmann number sensitive meshes, and effective convergence acceleration technique. Tests performed at Ha ∼ 104 have showed very good accuracy. As an illustration, two blanket flows have been considered: Pb-17Li flow in a channel with a silicon carbide flow channel insert, and Li flow in a channel with insulating coating.
AB - The paper presents details of a new numerical code for analysis of a fully developed MHD flow in a channel of a liquid metal blanket using various insulation techniques. The code has specially been designed for channels with a "sandwich" structure of several materials with different physical properties. The code includes a finite-volume formulation, automatically generated Hartmann number sensitive meshes, and effective convergence acceleration technique. Tests performed at Ha ∼ 104 have showed very good accuracy. As an illustration, two blanket flows have been considered: Pb-17Li flow in a channel with a silicon carbide flow channel insert, and Li flow in a channel with insulating coating.
KW - Code development
KW - Insulation technique
KW - MHD pressure
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U2 - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.01.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:17644417109
SN - 0920-3796
VL - 73
SP - 83
EP - 93
JO - Fusion Engineering and Design
JF - Fusion Engineering and Design
IS - 1
ER -