Magnetic Inertial Confinement Fusion (MICF)
| Autor: | Feng Miao, Xianjun Zheng, Baiquan Deng, Wei Liu, Wei Ou, Yi Huang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
010302 applied physics
Physics Fusion business.industry Torsion (mechanics) Plasma Fusion power Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Centripetal force 010305 fluids & plasmas Computational physics symbols.namesake Optics Physics::Plasma Physics 0103 physical sciences symbols Pinch business Lorentz force Inertial confinement fusion |
| Zdroj: | Plasma Science and Technology. 18:1055-1063 |
| ISSN: | 1009-0630 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1009-0630/18/11/01 |
| Popis: | Based on the similarity in models of the early Sun and the 3-D common focal region of the micro-pinch in X-pinch experiments, a novel hybrid fusion configuration by continuous focusing of multiple Z-pinched plasma beams on spatially symmetric plasma is proposed. By replacing gravity with Lorentz force with subsequent centripetal spherical pinch, the beam-target fusion reactivity is enhanced in a quasi-spherical converging region, thus achieving MICF. An assessment, presented here, suggests that a practical fusion power source could be achieved using deuterium alone. Plasma instabilities can be suppressed by fast rotation resulting from an asymmetric tangential torsion in the spherical focal region of this configuration. Mathematical equivalence with the Sun allows the development of appropriate equations for the focal region of MICF, which are solved numerically to provide density, temperature and pressure distributions that produce net fusion energy output. An analysis of MICF physics and a preliminary experimental demonstration of a single beam are also carried out. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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