Pulsed spheromak reactor with adiabatic compression

Technical Report · Mon Mar 29 00:00:00 EST 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/9634· OSTI ID:9634

Fowler, T K

Extrapolating from the Pulsed Spheromak reactor and the LINUS concept, we consider ignition achieved by injecting a conducting liquid into the flux conserver to compress a low temperature spheromak created by gun injection and ohmic heating. The required energy to achieve ignition and high gain by compression is comparable to that required for ohmic ignition and the timescale is similar so that the mechanical power to ignite by compression is comparable to the electrical power to ignite ohmically. Potential advantages and problems are discussed. Like the High Beta scenario achieved by rapid fueling of an ohmically ignited plasma, compression must occur on timescales faster than Taylor relaxation.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-Eng-48
• OSTI ID: 9634
• Report Number(s): UCRL-ID-133884; AT5015020; ON: DE00009634
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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