Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Complex shape structure for liquid lithium first walls of fusion power reactor environments
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Application No.: US15412593Application Date: 2017-01-23
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Publication No.: US10734120B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Thomas Lyman Weaver
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Haynes and Boone LLP
- Main IPC: G21B1/13
- IPC: G21B1/13

Abstract:
A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed for a complex shape structure for liquid lithium first walls of fusion power reactor environments. In particular, the method involves installing at least one tile on the surface area of the internal walls of the reactor chamber. The tile(s) is manufactured from a high-temperature resistant, porous open-cell material. The method further involves flowing liquid lithium into the tile(s). Further, the method involves circulating the liquid lithium throughout the interior network of the tile(s) to allow for the liquid lithium to reach the external surface of the tile(s) that faces the interior of the reactor chamber. In addition, the method involves outputting the circulated liquid lithium from the tile(s). In one or more embodiments, the reactor chamber is employed in a fusion reactor. In some embodiments, the tile is manufactured from a ceramic material or a metallic foam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170200513A1 COMPLEX SHAPE STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID LITHIUM FIRST WALLS OF FUSION POWER REACTOR ENVIRONMENTS Public/Granted day:2017-07-13
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