Tritium Extraction Systems (TES) for Fusion Fuel Cycles

This repository develops a shell and tube tritium extractor design for extracting tritium from fusion liquid breeders. The shell and tube model is based on the design from Conceptual design of a PAV-based tritium extractor for the WCLL breeding blanket of the EU DEMO: Effects of surface-limited vs. diffusion-limited modeling by R. Bonifetto et al (2021). Using OpenFOAM for CFD simulations as coupled to FESTIM for tritium transport, the shell and tube extractor can be modeled and tested as a potential tritium extraction device.

How to Run:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/kaelyndunnell/Fusion-TES-Modeling
cd Fusion-TES-Modeling

This package requires two environments to run, one for CADQuery and one for OpenFOAM/FESTIM. To set up a new environment with the right dependencies for CADQuery, use:

Then, set up a new environment with the right dependencies (e.g. dolfinx, FESTIM) using:

mamba create -f cadquery_env.yml 

Then, activate the environment to use CADQuery for geometry creation:

mamba activate cadquery-env

Deactive the environment using

conda deactivate

and set up a second environment with the right meshing, OpenFOAM (Foundation v13), and FESTIM dependencies with:

conda env create -f environment.yml

Activate this environment using

conda activate tes-pav-env