Parametric Analysis of the In-bed gas flowing calorimetry of metal hydride bed employed in CFETR SDS

Abstract

Abstract Gas flowing calorimetry is considered to be one of the most promising tritium measurements method in fusion fuel cycles, yet the parametric study of the structure design is still insufficient. In this study, three-dimensional models, combining with commercial computational fluid software, has been used to evaluate the calorimetric performance of tritium storage beds. The effects of structural geometry and cooling method on the heat transfer behavior have been systematically studied. The results show that the proposed model can effectively characterizes the evolution of the temperature difference of the cooling gas with time during the calorimetric process. Typically, increasing number of the U-shaped cooling tubes, thickness of the metal hydride layer and flow rate of the cooling liquid are beneficial for reducing the thermal equilibrium time. When the number of calorimeter bed cooling tubes is 12, the thickness of the metal hydride layer is 23, and the cooling gas is 20 SLMP of CO2, the thermal equilibrium time is only 4.5h. Furthermore, through optimizing the structural parameters, which can have an important influence on calorimetric performance, highly efficient and accurate gas flow calorimeter can be developed in the future.