USE OF THERMAL ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES TO PRODUCE MAGNETIC FIELD IN A CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR
The possible use of thermal emf's to produce the plasma-containing magnetic field in a thermonuclear reactor is investigated. In any such machine the magnet producing the containing field will have to be protected from the neutron flux by a substance such as lithium with a high neutron capture cross section. This metal could be cooled by circulation through the hot junctions of a thermopile. A machine in which all of the necessary field is supplied by the kinetic energy of the neutrons from the D-D reactions appears to be large because most of the power is lost to the cold junctions by thermal conduction. Only 5 to 10% of it is accounted for by magnet dissipation. Two cases have been worked out: the cylindrical machine with minimum possible magnet volume and the machine with minimum outer diameter. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- California. Univ., Livermore. Radiation Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-005442
- OSTI ID:
- 4296881
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-4427
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Decl. Dec. 29, 1958. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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