Published 1976 | Version v1
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Injection-power requirements for a twin-beam mirror fusion device

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana

Description

The Twin-Beam Mirror (TBM) employs a moderate energy (20 to 60 keV) neutral beam to create a mirror-confined target plasma into which a second high-energy (>200 keV) beam is injected. In order to avoid excessive leakage, the target plasma uses a much higher energy than employed in normal two-component fusion concepts. While this is off-optimum for fusion-energy multiplication, the overall injection requirements are significantly reduced compared to a conventional (one-beam) mirror. The present study presents parameter studies for TBM operation in a regime of sizes of interest for a fusion engineering research facility (FERF). Several variations such as rf heating of the electrons are considered and shown to have some merit

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Imprint Place
New York
Imprint Title
Sixth symposium on engineering problems of fusion research
Journal Page Range
p. 988-993.

Conference

Title
6. IEEE symposium on engineering problems of fusion research.
Dates
17 - 21 Nov 1975.
Place
San Diego, CA, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
10453515
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DEUTERIUM; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION; PLASMA; SIZE; TARGETS
Descriptors DEC
BEAM INJECTION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES