EURISOL Multi-MW Target: First thermal-hydraulic studies for the EURISOL high-power liquid-metal target using Computational Fluid Dynamics

A scoping study of a mercury target for the Multi-Megawatt Proton-to-Neutron Converter of theEURISOL Project has been made at PSI using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codeCFX-4. A mesh model of a horizontal target with forced circulation was used which had beenoriginally proposed for the European Spallation Source (ESS). The heat deposition profilewhich was applied produced a total of 4 MW of heat in the fluid and 13.4 kW in the window,