Cask and plug handling system design in port cell
| Autor: | Y. Utin, Eros Gabellini, Anna Selvi, J.P. Martins, Delphine Keller, A. Tesini, Jean-Pierre Friconneau, B. Levesy, Julien Wagrez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Tractor
business.product_category Computer science Mechanical Engineering Numerical analysis Maintenance strategy Mechanical engineering Finite element method law.invention Whole systems Handling system Nuclear Energy and Engineering law General Materials Science CASK Spark plug business Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Fusion Engineering and Design. 86:1886-1889 |
| ISSN: | 0920-3796 |
| Popis: | The ITER maintenance strategy relies partly on the remote transfer of components from vacuum vessel to hot cells. This function will be fulfilled by transfer cask systems. This paper describes the recent design progresses on interfaces in order to increase components handling feasibility by implementing continuous guiding features that avoid cantilevered loads on the in-cask tractor. Also the design has progressed in order to allow generic docking of the casks. When the cask is connected to the port, it becomes part of the machine first confinement boundary, thus it must provide tightness continuity. This high level safety function was one of the main concerns of a finite element analysis study that has been performed to assess the behavior of the whole system. Numerical analysis methodology and results are explained and shown in order to highlight how it has reinforced the knowledge of the system. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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