Interim Report—Status of the Study "An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy" (2012) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Appendix A: The Basic Science of Inertial Fusion Energy
Appendix A: The Basic Science of Inertial Fusion Energy
Pages 15-18
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 15... ...
Clearly, if this is to be of use for energy production, the energy required to initiate the burn must be significantly less than the energy released by the fusion reactions. Furthermore the energy release of the target must also be sufficiently small that it can be contained and converted into useful power.
|
From page 16... ...
If the inertia of the surrounding dense DT shell confines the ignited hot spot pressure long enough, the thermonuclear burn will propagate from the central hot spot to the dense shell and the entire fuel mass will burn. The burn is driven by the fusion alpha particles depositing their energy in the cold dense fuel.
|
From page 17... ...
Typically QE 10 is required for a viable electrical power plant. For a power plant with a driver wall-plug efficiency hD, target gain G, thermal-to-electrical conversion efficiency hth and blanket amplification AB (the total energy released per 14.1 MeV neutron entering the blanket via nuclear reactions with the structural, coolant, and breeding material)
|
From page 18... ...
Reliable target chamber and blanket to extract power and breed tritium, a challenge shared with magnetic fusion.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.