Fusion fuel cycle and balance-of-plant blocks for PathSim

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PathSim-Fusion extends the PathSim simulation framework with specialized blocks. All blocks follow the standard PathSim block interface and can be connected into simulation diagrams.

Blocks

Block	Description	Key Parameters
IonisationChamber	Flow-through tritium ionisation chamber (signal = ε(c)·c, flux passes through)	detection_efficiency, func_efficiency, detection_threshold
Bubbler4	Four-vial tritium sampling bubbler (soluble + insoluble chains, catalytic conversion, scheduled vial replacement)	conversion_efficiency, vial_efficiency, replacement_times
GLC	Counter-current bubble-column gas–liquid contactor for tritium extraction from LiPb (Malara 1995, on BVP1D)	P_in, L, D, T, BCs

Install

pip install pathsim-fusion

Quick Example

from pathsim import Simulation, Connection
from pathsim.blocks import Constant, Source, Scope
from pathsim_fusion import IonisationChamber

flux = Source(lambda t: 1e-3 * float(t > 1))  # tritium flux, step at t = 1
flow = Constant(0.5)  # carrier gas flow rate
ic = IonisationChamber(detection_efficiency=0.9)
sco = Scope(labels=["flux", "signal"])

sim = Simulation(
    blocks=[flux, flow, ic, sco],
    connections=[
        Connection(flux, ic["flux_in"], sco[0]),
        Connection(flow, ic["flow_rate"]),
        Connection(ic["signal"], sco[1]),
    ],
    dt=0.01,
)
sim.run(5)
sco.plot()

Development

pip install -e ".[test,lint]" mypy
ruff check .                # lint
ruff format .               # format
mypy src/pathsim_fusion    # type check
pytest tests/ -v            # run tests

License

MIT