Power-balance parameters Q and epsilon as measures of performance for fusion power reactors
Conference
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OSTI ID:4316562
From international meeting on the technology of controlled thermonuclear fusion experiments and the engineering aspects of fusion reactors; Austin, Texas, USA (20 Nov 1972). In technology of controlled thermonuclear fusion experiments and the engineering aspects of fusion reactors. Power-producing fusion-reactor systems may require a complex of plasma-producing subsystems (containment, heating, and injection) and of energy-conversion subsystems (thermal and direct). So that there can be a basis for comparing these reactor power systems, generalized definitions based on power balance are proposed for the two important power-balance parameters: Q, ratio of output to input power, and epsilon , fractional circulating power. The values of Q and epsilon determined from the proposed generalized definitions are compared with values in the literature based on different definitions. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL; Texas Univ., Austin (USA)
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-030885
- OSTI ID:
- 4316562
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-721111--
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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