Laser-driven fusion reactor
Abstract
A laser-driven fusion reactor consisting of concentric spherical vessels in which the thermonuclear energy is derived from a deuterium-tritium (D + T) burn within a pellet'', located at the center of the vessels and initiated by a laser pulse. The resulting alpha -particle energy and a small fraction of the neutron energy are deposited within the pellet; this pellet energy is eventually transformed into sensible heat of lithium in a condenser outside the vessels. The remaining neutron energy is dissipated in a lithium blanket, located within the concentric vessels, where the fuel ingredient, tritium, is also produced. The heat content of the blanket and of the condenser lithium is eventually transferred to a conventional thermodynamic plant where the thermal energy is converted to electrical energy in a steam Rankine cycle. (Official Gazette)
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4395282
- Patent Number(s):
- 3762992
- Assignee:
- to United States Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21B - FUSION REACTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-004324
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1972 Mar 01; Other Information: G21b1/00. Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- N70800* -Physics-Controlled Thermonuclear Research- Thermonuclear Engineering & Equipment; *LASERS- THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; *THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS- LASERS; ALPHA PARTICLES; BREEDING BLANKETS; DEUTERIUM; LASER- RADIATION HEATING; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; LITHIUM; TRITIUM LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
Citation Formats
Hedstrom, J C. Laser-driven fusion reactor. United States: N. p., 1973.
Web.
Hedstrom, J C. Laser-driven fusion reactor. United States.
Hedstrom, J C. Mon .
"Laser-driven fusion reactor". United States.
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title = {Laser-driven fusion reactor},
author = {Hedstrom, J C},
abstractNote = {A laser-driven fusion reactor consisting of concentric spherical vessels in which the thermonuclear energy is derived from a deuterium-tritium (D + T) burn within a pellet'', located at the center of the vessels and initiated by a laser pulse. The resulting alpha -particle energy and a small fraction of the neutron energy are deposited within the pellet; this pellet energy is eventually transformed into sensible heat of lithium in a condenser outside the vessels. The remaining neutron energy is dissipated in a lithium blanket, located within the concentric vessels, where the fuel ingredient, tritium, is also produced. The heat content of the blanket and of the condenser lithium is eventually transferred to a conventional thermodynamic plant where the thermal energy is converted to electrical energy in a steam Rankine cycle. (Official Gazette)},
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