Thermal-Hydraulic/Thermomechanical Testing of Solid Breeder Blanket Modules Using Microwave Energy
Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 8 / Number 1P2A / July 1985 / Pages 927-930
Material Engineering — Fabrication and Testing / Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40152
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An experimental program is undertaken to assess whether microwave energy can be used to study the thermomechanical response of solid breeder blanket modules. The experimental setup consists of a water-cooled γ-LiAlO2 solid breeder blanket module heated by a 10-kW Klystron at 200 MHz. The spatial distribution of temperature at a series of power levels will show whether microwave energy is attractive as a potential power source for non-nuclear testing of solid breeder blanket modules.
