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Title: Identification of future engineering-development needs of alternative concepts for magnetic-fusion energy

Abstract

A qualitative identification of future engineering needs of alternative fusion concepts (AFCs) is presented. These needs are assessed relative to the similar needs of the tokamak in order to emphasize differences in required technology with respect to the well documented mainline approach. Although nearly thirty AFCs can be identified as being associated with some level of reactor projection, redirection, refocusing, and general similarities can be used to generate a reduced AFC list that includes only the bumpy tori, stellarators, reversed-field pinches, and compact toroids. Furthermore, each AFC has the potential of operating as a conventional (low power density, superconducting magnets) or a compact, high-power-density (HPD) system. Hence, in order to make tractable an otherwise difficult task, the future engineering needs for the AFCs are addressed here for conventional versus compact approaches, with the latter being treated as a generic class and the former being composed of bumpy tori, stellarators, reversed-field pinches, and compact toroids.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5090781
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-82-1973; CONF-820838-1
ON: DE82019566; TRN: 82-019787
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Future engineering development needs for magnetic fusion workshop, Washington, DC, USA, 3 Aug 1982
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; INFORMATION NEEDS; ASPECT RATIO; ELMO BUMPY TORUS; ENGINEERING; REVERSE-FIELD PINCH; STELLARATORS; TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION; ANNULAR SPACE; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CONFIGURATION; ELMO DEVICES; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; PINCH EFFECT; SPACE; 700200* - Fusion Energy- Fusion Power Plant Technology

Citation Formats

Krakowski, R A. Identification of future engineering-development needs of alternative concepts for magnetic-fusion energy. United States: N. p., 1982. Web.
Krakowski, R A. Identification of future engineering-development needs of alternative concepts for magnetic-fusion energy. United States.
Krakowski, R A. 1982. "Identification of future engineering-development needs of alternative concepts for magnetic-fusion energy". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5090781.
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abstractNote = {A qualitative identification of future engineering needs of alternative fusion concepts (AFCs) is presented. These needs are assessed relative to the similar needs of the tokamak in order to emphasize differences in required technology with respect to the well documented mainline approach. Although nearly thirty AFCs can be identified as being associated with some level of reactor projection, redirection, refocusing, and general similarities can be used to generate a reduced AFC list that includes only the bumpy tori, stellarators, reversed-field pinches, and compact toroids. Furthermore, each AFC has the potential of operating as a conventional (low power density, superconducting magnets) or a compact, high-power-density (HPD) system. Hence, in order to make tractable an otherwise difficult task, the future engineering needs for the AFCs are addressed here for conventional versus compact approaches, with the latter being treated as a generic class and the former being composed of bumpy tori, stellarators, reversed-field pinches, and compact toroids.},
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