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Title: Reactor Chamber and Balance-of-Plant Characteristics for a Fast-Ignition Heavy-Ion Fusion Power Plant

Abstract

The concept of a fast-ignition heavy-ion fusion (FIHIF) power plant involves a cylindrical target and superhigh energy ion beams. The driver produces one plus/minus charge state multimass platinum ions with energy of 100 GeV. The driver efficiency and the target gain are taken as 0.25 and 100, respectively. The preliminary data on the energy fluxes delivered to the reactor chamber wall by the 500-MJ fusion yield are presented. The reactor chamber designed has two sections. In the first section, the microexplosions occur, and in the second section of bigger volume the expansion and condensation of vapors take place. The response of the blanket and the thin liquid film at the first-wall surface is evaluated. Lithium-lead eutectic is taken as a coolant. The evaporated mass and the condensation time are estimated, taking into account major thermophysical effects. The estimated neutron spectrum from the FIHIF target gives an average neutron energy of 11.9 MeV. The mechanical stresses in the construction material due to neutron energy release are evaluated. The outlet coolant chamber temperature is taken as 550 deg. C. The heat conversion system consisting of three coolant loops provides a net efficiency of the FIHIF power plant of 0.37.

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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20845913
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Fusion Science and Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 43; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2006 American Nuclear Society (ANS), United States, All rights reserved. http://epubs.ans.org/; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1536-1055
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; CHARGE STATES; COOLANT LOOPS; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIRST WALL; FUSION YIELD; GAIN; GEV RANGE; HEAVY IONS; ICF DEVICES; ION BEAMS; LITHIUM; MEV RANGE; NEUTRON SPECTRA; NEUTRONS; PLATINUM IONS; STRESSES; THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION; THERMONUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; VAPORS

Citation Formats

Medin, Stanislav, Churazov, Mikhail, Koshkarev, Dmitri, Sharkov, Boris, Orlov, Yurii, Suslin, Viktor, and Zemskov, Eugeni. Reactor Chamber and Balance-of-Plant Characteristics for a Fast-Ignition Heavy-Ion Fusion Power Plant. United States: N. p., 2003. Web.
Medin, Stanislav, Churazov, Mikhail, Koshkarev, Dmitri, Sharkov, Boris, Orlov, Yurii, Suslin, Viktor, & Zemskov, Eugeni. Reactor Chamber and Balance-of-Plant Characteristics for a Fast-Ignition Heavy-Ion Fusion Power Plant. United States.
Medin, Stanislav, Churazov, Mikhail, Koshkarev, Dmitri, Sharkov, Boris, Orlov, Yurii, Suslin, Viktor, and Zemskov, Eugeni. 2003. "Reactor Chamber and Balance-of-Plant Characteristics for a Fast-Ignition Heavy-Ion Fusion Power Plant". United States.
@article{osti_20845913,
title = {Reactor Chamber and Balance-of-Plant Characteristics for a Fast-Ignition Heavy-Ion Fusion Power Plant},
author = {Medin, Stanislav and Churazov, Mikhail and Koshkarev, Dmitri and Sharkov, Boris and Orlov, Yurii and Suslin, Viktor and Zemskov, Eugeni},
abstractNote = {The concept of a fast-ignition heavy-ion fusion (FIHIF) power plant involves a cylindrical target and superhigh energy ion beams. The driver produces one plus/minus charge state multimass platinum ions with energy of 100 GeV. The driver efficiency and the target gain are taken as 0.25 and 100, respectively. The preliminary data on the energy fluxes delivered to the reactor chamber wall by the 500-MJ fusion yield are presented. The reactor chamber designed has two sections. In the first section, the microexplosions occur, and in the second section of bigger volume the expansion and condensation of vapors take place. The response of the blanket and the thin liquid film at the first-wall surface is evaluated. Lithium-lead eutectic is taken as a coolant. The evaporated mass and the condensation time are estimated, taking into account major thermophysical effects. The estimated neutron spectrum from the FIHIF target gives an average neutron energy of 11.9 MeV. The mechanical stresses in the construction material due to neutron energy release are evaluated. The outlet coolant chamber temperature is taken as 550 deg. C. The heat conversion system consisting of three coolant loops provides a net efficiency of the FIHIF power plant of 0.37.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20845913}, journal = {Fusion Science and Technology},
issn = {1536-1055},
number = 3,
volume = 43,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2003},
month = {Thu May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2003}
}