HCPB blanket

The HCPB-style blanket was based off the blanket design from the following paper:

Zhou, G.; Hernández, F.A.; Pereslavtsev, P.; Kiss, B.; Retheesh, A.; Maqueda, L.; Park, J.H. The European DEMO Helium Cooled Pebble Bed Breeding Blanket: Design Status at the Conclusion of the Pre-Concept Design Phase. Energies 2023, 16, 5377. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16145377

This assembly has the class key hcpb_blanket. An example is given in examples/sample_blanket.json. The HCPB blanket has assembly-level geometrical parameters and individual components. These individual components have their own materials and geometrical parameters.

The assembly-level geometrical parameters are shown in the images below. They are labelled in black in Blanket-level parameters, and in maroon in Rib parameters.

Blanket-level parameters

Rib parameters

The components that need to be described as part of this assembly are:

• HCPB first wall

• HCPB pin

• Front rib: This has the class key front_rib. The geometrical parameters are labelled in black in Rib parameters.

• Back rib: This has the class key back_rib. The geometrical parameters are labelled in black in Rib parameters.

• Coolant outlet plenum: This has the class key coolant_outlet_plenum. The geometrical parameters are shown in Coolant outlet plenum parameters.

Coolant outlet plenum parameters