Engineering problems of tandem-mirror reactors
Abstract
A comparative evaluation of several end plug configurations for tandem mirror fusion reactors with thermal barriers is presented. The axi-cell configuration was selected for further study and will be the basis for a detailed conceptual design study to be carried out over the next two years. The axi-cell end plug has a simple mirror cell produce by two circular coils followed by a transition coil and a yin-yang pair, which provides for MHD stability. Scientific and technological understanding and innovation are needed in the area of thermal barrier pumping - a process by which unwanted particles are removed (pumped) from certain regions of velocity and real space in the end plug. Removal of exhaust fuel ions, fusion ash and impurities by action of a halo plasma and plasma dump in the mirror end region is another challenging engineering problem discussed.
- Publication:
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Presented at the IEEE Symp. on Nucl. Sci
- Pub Date:
- October 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981nusc.symp.....M
- Keywords:
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- Magnetohydrodynamic Stability;
- Nuclear Fusion;
- Nuclear Reactors;
- Reactor Design;
- Tandem Mirrors;
- Technology Assessment;
- Controlled Fusion;
- Magnetohydrodynamics;
- Plasma Control;
- Reactor Technology;
- Thermal Barriers (Plasma Control);
- Plasma Physics