Performance of the Cascade inertial-confinement-fusion conceptual reactor

Conference · Tue Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6398964

Pitts, J H

A 4.5-m-radius rotating fusion reactor made of silicon carbide and containing a moving 1-m-thick lithium-ceramic granular blanket can produce 3000 MW/sub t/. The blanket operates at high temperature (>1200 K) leading to gross plant efficiencies of up to 60% using a combined helium-gas turbine (Brayton cycle) with a vapor bottoming cycle.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6398964
• Report Number(s): UCRL-90666; CONF-840915-2; ON: DE84017568
• Resource Relation: Conference: 13. symposium on fusion technology, Varese, Italy, 24 Sep 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CASCADE REACTORS
DESIGN
BREEDING BLANKETS
CERAMICS
EFFICIENCY
GAS TURBINES
HELIUM
LITHIUM
PERFORMANCE
SILICON CARBIDES
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
ALKALI METALS
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
LASER FUSION REACTORS
MACHINERY
METALS
NONMETALS
RARE GASES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
700208* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Inertial Confinement Technology