An integrated digital framework for the design, build and operation of fusion power plants.

ABSTRACT: The development of a commercial fusion power plant presents a unique set of challenges associated with the complexity of the systems, the integration of novel technologies, the likely diversity and distribution of the organizations involved, and the scale of resources required. These challenges are reviewed and compared to those for other complex engineering systems. A framework for creating a digital environment that integrates research, test, design and operational data is discussed and is based on combining the integrated nuclear digital environment (INDE), proposed recently for nuclear fission power plants, with the hierarchical pyramid of test and simulation used in the aerospace industry. The framework offers the opportunity to plan modelling strategies that allow large design domain

SUBMITTER: Patterson EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6837186 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature