Direct converter design for the MINIMARS Tandem Mirror Reactor

Conference · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:7190455

Luzzi, T E; Clarkson, I R

The authors report on the final design of the direct converter for MINIMARS, a tandem mirror power reactor project at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The project objectives are to design a plant to produce electricity at less than 50 mils/kWh and design an inherently safe plasma shutdown and heat transport system that sustains no damage from loss of coolant and loss of flow. The direct converter coolant like the blanket coolant is used to generate primary turbine steam. All thermo and structural load bearing elements are designed for the reactor lifetime. The halo scraper sputter lifetime is five full power years. The power to circulate the helium coolant through the direct converter elements is less than 5% of the thermal power recovered.

• Research Organization: Grumman Corp., Bethpage, NY 11714
• OSTI ID: 7190455
• Report Number(s): CONF-860652-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fusion Technol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 10:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700207* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Power Conversion Systems
ACCIDENTS
COOLANTS
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY TRANSFER
FLUIDS
GASES
HEAT TRANSFER
HELIUM
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY
LOSS OF COOLANT
LOSS OF FLOW
MACHINERY
MAGNETIC MIRROR TYPE REACTORS
MINIMARS REACTOR
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONMETALS
PLASMA
POWER GENERATION
RARE GASES
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTOR SAFETY
REACTOR SHUTDOWN
SAFETY
SERVICE LIFE
SHUTDOWNS
STEAM GENERATION
STEAM TURBINES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS