Compact-toroid fusion reactor based on the field-reversed theta pinch: reactor scaling and optimization for CTOR

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6769588

Hagenson, R L; Krakowski, R A

Early scoping studies based on approximate, analytic models have been extended on the basis of a dynamic plasma model and an overall systems approach to examine a Compact Toroid (CT) reactor embodiment that uses a Field-Reversed Theta Pinch as a plasma source. The field-reversed plasmoid would be formed and compressionally heated to ignition prior to injection into and translation through a linear burn chamber, thereby removing the high-technology plasmoid source from the hostile reactor environment. Stabilization of the field-reversed plasmoid would be provided by a passive conduction shell located outside the high-temperature blanket but within the low-field superconducting magnets and associated radiation shielding. On the basis of this batch-burn but thermally steady-state approach a reactor concept emerges with a length below approx. 40 m that generates 300 to 400 MWe of net electrical power with a recirculating power fraction less than 0.15.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6769588
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-80-2921; CONF-801011-49
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700200* -- Fusion Energy-- Fusion Power Plant Technology
ANNULAR SPACE
ASPECT RATIO
CONFIGURATION
OPTIMIZATION
PINCH EFFECT
REVERSE-FIELD PINCH
SCALING LAWS
SPACE
THETA PINCH
TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION