Many of the engineering problems still to be solved for the operation of sustainable nuclear components and systems require a holistic approach that puts together several disciplines. In the field of innovative fission reactors, the multiphysics approach is nowadays the state-of-the-art for what regards the preconceptual design development (as for Gen-IV reactor design) and for the subsequent stages of analysis related to, e.g., operation and safety assessment. In the design of fission and fusion machines, the optimization of the performance of components (e.g. reactor core, primary circuit components, gyrotron, blanket, divertor), sub-systems (e.g. cryogenic system), and systems (e.g. balance of plant, magnets, tritium extraction) requires to perform multi-physics analyses and consequently to use and/or develop suitable multi-physics numerical models. Addition to the plant operation, the fuel cycle and plant decommissioning is addressed for both fission (e.g radioactive waste management) and fusion plants (e.g. tritium cycle) at the component and system level.
Referenti:
Prof.ssa Laura Savoldi www.mahtep.polito.it
Prof. Roberto Zanino www.nemo.polito.it
Prof. Massimo Zucchetti www.essential.polito.it
- PE7_3 Simulation engineering and modelling
- PE7_12 Electrical energy production, distribution, application
- PE8_4 Computational engineering