Author: Los Angeles University of California School of Engineering and Applied Science
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The Reversed Field Pinch as a Compact Fusion Reactor
Author: Los Angeles University of California School of Engineering and Applied Science
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Pages : 56
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Compact Reversed-field Pinch Reactor (CRFPR)
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Because of the unique magnetic topology associated with the Reversed-Field Pinch (RFP), the compact reactor embodiment for this approach is particularly attractive from the viewpoint of low-field resistive coils operating with Ohmic losses that can be made small relative to the fusion power. The cost-optimized Compact RFP Reactor (CRFPR) design would operate with fusion-power-core power densities and mass utilizations that are comparable to fission power plants and are an order of magnitude more favorable than the conventional fusion approaches. A comprehensive system model predicts the CRFPR point design to be surprisingly resilient to changes in key, but relatively unknown, physics and systems parameters.
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Because of the unique magnetic topology associated with the Reversed-Field Pinch (RFP), the compact reactor embodiment for this approach is particularly attractive from the viewpoint of low-field resistive coils operating with Ohmic losses that can be made small relative to the fusion power. The cost-optimized Compact RFP Reactor (CRFPR) design would operate with fusion-power-core power densities and mass utilizations that are comparable to fission power plants and are an order of magnitude more favorable than the conventional fusion approaches. A comprehensive system model predicts the CRFPR point design to be surprisingly resilient to changes in key, but relatively unknown, physics and systems parameters.
Compact, High-power-density Reversed-field-pinch Fusionreactors
Author: R. W. Conn
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Pages : 8
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Physics Considerations of the Reversed-Field Pinch Fusion Reactor
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A conceptual engineering design of a fusion reactor based on plasma confinement in a toroidal Reversed-Field Pinch (RFP) configuration is described. The plasma is ohmically ignited by toroidal plasma currents which also inherently provide the confining magnetic fields in a toroidal chamber having major and minor radii of 12.7 and 1.5 m, respectively. The DT plasma ignites in 2 to 3 s and undergoes a transient, unrefueled burn at 10 to 20 keV for approx. 20 s to give a DT burnup of approx. 50%. Accounting for all major energy sinks yields a cost-optimized system with a recirculating power fraction of 0.17; the power output is 750 MWe(net).
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A conceptual engineering design of a fusion reactor based on plasma confinement in a toroidal Reversed-Field Pinch (RFP) configuration is described. The plasma is ohmically ignited by toroidal plasma currents which also inherently provide the confining magnetic fields in a toroidal chamber having major and minor radii of 12.7 and 1.5 m, respectively. The DT plasma ignites in 2 to 3 s and undergoes a transient, unrefueled burn at 10 to 20 keV for approx. 20 s to give a DT burnup of approx. 50%. Accounting for all major energy sinks yields a cost-optimized system with a recirculating power fraction of 0.17; the power output is 750 MWe(net).
The TITAN Reversed-field-pinch Fusion Reactor Study
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This paper on titan plasma engineering contains papers on the following topics: reversed-field pinch as a fusion reactor; parametric systems studies; magnetics; burning-plasma simulations; plasma transient operations; current drive; and physics issues for compact RFP reactors.
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This paper on titan plasma engineering contains papers on the following topics: reversed-field pinch as a fusion reactor; parametric systems studies; magnetics; burning-plasma simulations; plasma transient operations; current drive; and physics issues for compact RFP reactors.
Compact Reversed-field Pinch Reactors (CRFPR)
Author: Randy L. Hagenson
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Category : Plasma confinement
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Pages : 405
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Category : Plasma confinement
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A Review of the Experimental and Theoretical Status of the Reversed-field Pinch
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This paper reviews the status of the reversed-field pinch (RFP) approach to the development of a compact nuclear fusion reactor. Two RFP papers in this conference are complementary; the first paper contains the historical origins and basic concepts concerning MHD instabilities, relaxation and RFP confinement properties as well as a discussion of future prospects of the RFP. This paper gives an overview of the status of plasma parameters of the present main RFP experiments and of the status of theory and experiment of the interesting RFP plasma phenomena of relaxation, self reversal and flux generation (these effects are often referred to as the dynamo effect). The low frequency oscillating-field current drive concept which exploits these effects is discussed. Particular emphasis is given to the theoretical results obtained from plasma simulation codes used in these active areas of study. Selected topics of recent research on the Los Alamos ZT-40M experiments are reported. The paper concludes with descriptions of the next generation Los Alamos RFP experiment ZTH, to be located in the new Confinement Physics Research Facility (CPRF) presently under construction, and the characteristics of an RFP compact reactor. 68 refs.
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This paper reviews the status of the reversed-field pinch (RFP) approach to the development of a compact nuclear fusion reactor. Two RFP papers in this conference are complementary; the first paper contains the historical origins and basic concepts concerning MHD instabilities, relaxation and RFP confinement properties as well as a discussion of future prospects of the RFP. This paper gives an overview of the status of plasma parameters of the present main RFP experiments and of the status of theory and experiment of the interesting RFP plasma phenomena of relaxation, self reversal and flux generation (these effects are often referred to as the dynamo effect). The low frequency oscillating-field current drive concept which exploits these effects is discussed. Particular emphasis is given to the theoretical results obtained from plasma simulation codes used in these active areas of study. Selected topics of recent research on the Los Alamos ZT-40M experiments are reported. The paper concludes with descriptions of the next generation Los Alamos RFP experiment ZTH, to be located in the new Confinement Physics Research Facility (CPRF) presently under construction, and the characteristics of an RFP compact reactor. 68 refs.
Engineering and Physics of High-power-density, Compact,reversed-field-pinch Fusion Reactors
Author: R. W. Conn
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THE TITAN REVERSED-FIELD-PINCH FUSION REACTOR STUDY - VOLUME I: EXECUTIVESUMMARY.
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A Toroidal Fusion Reactor Design Based on the Reversed-field Pinch
Author: Randy Lee Hagenson
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Category : Nuclear engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Category : Nuclear engineering
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Pages : 96
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