Electricity production from laser-driven fusion reactors: technological aspects of power conversion chambers

Gerald L. Kulcinski

doi:10.1117/12.375131

11 January 2000 Electricity production from laser-driven fusion reactors: technological aspects of power conversion chambers

Gerald L. Kulcinski

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Proceedings Volume 3886, High-Power Lasers in Energy Engineering; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.375131
Event: Advanced High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1999, Osaka, Japan

Abstract

One of the most important considerations for laser driven fusion power plants is the safe and efficient operation of the chamber that contains the thermonuclear energy released from the target. Several approaches to the design of such a chamber are described in this paper and the critical issues associated with protection of the first wall, the performance of the structural materials, and the cost are discussed. Presently, the need for direct drive illumination of the cryogenic targets makes the use of liquid first wall protection problematical at best. The use of dry first walls protected with a few torr of an inert gas seems to hold the most promise.

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Gerald L. Kulcinski "Electricity production from laser-driven fusion reactors: technological aspects of power conversion chambers", Proc. SPIE 3886, High-Power Lasers in Energy Engineering, (11 January 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.375131

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