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Inertial Confinement Fusion – Physics Principles
2021In inertial confinement fusion (ICF) energy is released in impulsive form from a small amount (a few milligrams, at most) of strongly compressed and hot fuel. Inertial fusion energy (IFE) production will be obtained from the sequential burn of targets, at a rate of the order of a few Hz.
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Electrostatic-inertial plasma confinement
1990 Plasma Science IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts, 1990Summary form only given. Electrostatic-inertial confinement offers several significant advantages, including a highly non-Maxwellian plasma which is capable of burning advanced fuels, a relatively simple structure capable of high power density, and a natural connection to direct energy conversion. The plasma is confined in an electrostatic well that is
G.H. Miley +3 more
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Annual Review of Energy, 1980
The progress inertial confinement fusion (ICF) physics experiments and driver development is put in perspective by looking at the performance required to perform various military and commercial applications. Both the military and commercial applications require increasingly more-powerful drivers and a better understanding of target-coupling physics ...
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The progress inertial confinement fusion (ICF) physics experiments and driver development is put in perspective by looking at the performance required to perform various military and commercial applications. Both the military and commercial applications require increasingly more-powerful drivers and a better understanding of target-coupling physics ...
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Progress in inertial confinement fusion
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 1988Reviews the current status of inertial confinement fusion. The recent results of high compression (100*liquid density) and high neutron yields (1012, 1013 per shot) obtained in separate laser experiments are discussed. The joint attainment of high densities and high temperature will require larger drivers (laser or ion beam).
E Fabre, P Hammerling
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Electrostatic-Inertial Plasma Confinement
Journal of Applied Physics, 1972Electrostatic-inertial plasma confinement consists of trapping charged particles in potential wells of the electric field, which are created by ions or electrons injected radially inwards into a hollow sphere or cylinder. Theoretical expressions are derived for the potential and particle densities as functions of radius, grid voltage, and current.
T. J. Dolan +3 more
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Reminiscences on Inertial Confinement
1982The old saying ≪there is nothing new under the sun ≫ can be applied in many cases, be it only in a very general way. It usually requires some distance in time in order to become aware that a new invention is based on a concept which, in a different form, was known thousands of years ago.
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2006
This chapter begins by discussing the nuclear physics that makes possible laboratory fusion, and considering on basic grounds the energy gain that might be possible and what is required for a power plant. Some exploration of the properties of DT fuel follows, enabling one to identify its behavior under compression and its response to entropy deposition.
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This chapter begins by discussing the nuclear physics that makes possible laboratory fusion, and considering on basic grounds the energy gain that might be possible and what is required for a power plant. Some exploration of the properties of DT fuel follows, enabling one to identify its behavior under compression and its response to entropy deposition.
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Review of Inertial Confinement Fusion
Astrophysics and Space Science, 1997The physics of inertial confinement fusion is reviewed. The trend to short-wavelength lasers is argued, and the distinction between direct and indirect (soft X-ray) drive is made. Key present issues include the non-linear growth of Rayleigh–Taylor (R–T) instabilities, the seeding of this instability by the initial laser imprint, the relevance of self ...
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