Zohuri Magnetic Confinement Fusion Driven Thermonuclear Energy

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-51177-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 185 Seiten, eBook

This book covers the principles and practices behind the Magnetic Confinement Fusion (MCF) approach to driven new source of energy. All possible technical methods, including well established theoretical research, as well as findings tested in an experimental tokamak reactor, are examined in order to determine how to best achieve breakeven via this pathway to plasma-driven fusion. The author undertakes a life cycle analysis to compare and contrast the efficiency, environmental impacts, and operating costs of plasma-driven MCF fusion against other forms of energy generation currently in widespread use. The associated computer code and numerical analysis are included in the book. No prior knowledge of MCF and no more than basic background in plasma physics is required.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zohuri, Bahman

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the AuthorPrefaceAcknowledgmentCHAPTER ONE: Foundation of Electromagnetic Theory1.1 Introduction1.2 Vector Analysis1.2.1 Vector Algebra1.2.2 Vector Gradient<1.2.3 Vector Integration1.2.4 Vector Divergence1.2.5 Vector Curl1.2.6 Vector Differential Operator1.3 Further Developments1.4 Electrostatics1.4.1 The Coulomb's Law1.4.2 The Electric Field1.4.3 The Gauss's Law1.5 Solution of Electrostatic Problems1.5.1 Poisson's Equation1.5.2 Laplace's Equation1.6 Electrostatic Energy1.6.1 Potential Energy of a Group of Point Charges1.6.2 Electrostatic Energy of a Charge Distribution1.6.3 Forces and Torques1.7 Maxwell's Equations1.8 Debye Length1.9 Physics of Plasmas1.10 Fluid Description of Plasma1.11 MHD1.12 Plasma Stability1.13 Kink Stability1.14 ReferencesCHAPTER TWO: Principles of Plasma Physics2.1 Introduction2.2 Barrier Penetration2.3 Calculation of Coulomb Barrier2.4 Thermonuclear Fusion Reactions2.5 Rates of Thermonuclear Reactions2.6 Thermonuclear Fusion Reactions2.7 Critical Ignition Temperature for Fusion2.8 Controlled Thermonuclear Ideal Ignition Temperature2.9 Bremsstrahlung Radiation2.10 Bremsstrahlung Plasma Radiation Losses2.11 Bremsstrahlung Emission Rate2.12 Additional Radiation Losses2.13 Inverse Bremsstrahlung in Controlled Thermonuclear ICF and MCF2.14 ReferencesCHAPTER THREE: Confinement Systems for Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion3.3 Introduction3.4 Magnetic Confinement Fusion3.5 Summary of Guiding Center Drift3.6 Motion of Plasma Particles in a Magnetic Field3.7 Stabilization of the Pinched Discharge3.8 Linear Pinched Discharge3.9 Magnetic Confinement Fusion Reactors3.9.1 The Tokamak3.9.1.1 Plasma Diffusion3.9.2 The Reversed Field Pinch3.9.2.1 Theory3.9.2.2 Experiment3.9.2.3 Low Beta Pinch3.9.2.4 High Beta Pinch3.9.2.5 Reversed Field Pinch as a Fusion Reactor3.9.3 The Stellarator3.9.4 The Field Reversed Configuration3.9.5 The Levitated Dipole3.10 ReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Bahman Zohuri currently works for Galaxy Advanced Engineering, Inc., a consulting firm that he started in 1991 when he left both the semiconductor and defense industries after many years working as a chief scientist. After graduating from the University of Illinois in the field of physics, applied mathematics, then he went to the University of New Mexico, where he studied nuclear engineering and mechanical engineering. He joined Westinghouse Electric Corporation, where he performed thermal hydraulic analysis and studied natural circulation in an inherent shutdown, heat removal system (ISHRS) in the core of a liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR) as a secondary fully inherent shutdown system for secondary loop heat exchange. All these designs were used in nuclear safety and reliability engineering for a self-actuated shutdown system. He designed a mercury heat pipe and electromagnetic pumps for large pool concepts of a LMFBR for heat rejection purposes for this reactor around 1978, when he received a patent for it. He was subsequently, transferred to the defense division of Westinghouse, where he oversaw dynamic analysis and methods of launching and controlling MX missiles from canisters. The results were applied to MX launch seal performance and muzzle blast phenomena analysis (i.e., missile vibration and hydrodynamic shock formation). Dr. Zohuri was also involved in analytical calculations and computations in the study of nonlinear ion waves in rarefying plasma. The results were applied to the propagation of so-called soliton waves and the resulting charge collector traces in the rarefaction characterization of the corona of laser-irradiated target pellets. As part of his graduate research work at Argonne National Laboratory, he performed computations and programming of multi-exchange integrals in surface physics and solid-state physics. He earned various patents in areas such as diffusion processes and diffusion furnace design while working as a senior process engineer at various semiconductor companies, such as Intel Corp., Varian Medical Systems, and National Semiconductor Corporation. He later joined Lockheed Martin Missile and Aerospace Corporation as Senior Chief Scientist and oversaw research and development (R&D) and the study of the vulnerability, survivability, and both radiation and laser hardening of different components of the Strategic Defense Initiative, known as Star Wars.

This included payloads (i.e., IR sensor) for the Defense Support Program, the Boost Surveillance and Tracking System, and Space Surveillance and Tracking Satellite against laser and nuclear threats. While at Lockheed Martin, he also performed analyses of laser beam characteristics and nuclear radiation interactions with materials, transient radiation effects in electronics, electromagnetic pulses, system-generated electromagnetic pulses, single-event upset, blast, thermo-mechanical, hardness assurance, maintenance, and device technology.

He spent several years as a consultant at Galaxy Advanced Engineering serving Sandia National Laboratories, where he supported the development of operational hazard assessments for the Air Force Safety Center in collaboration with other researchers and third parties. Ultimately, the results were included in Air Force Instructions issued specifically for directed energy weapons operational safety. He completed the first version of a comprehensive library of detailed laser tools for airborne lasers, advanced tactical lasers, tactical high-energy lasers, and mobile/ tactical high-energy lasers, for example.

He also oversaw SDI computer programs, in connection with Battle Management CI and artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems. He is the author of several publications and holds several patents, such as for a laser-activated radioactive decay and results of a through-bulkhead initiator. He has published the following works: Heat Pipe Design and Technology: A Practical Approach (CRC Press); Dimensional Analysis and Self-Similarity Methods for Engineering and Scientists (Springer); High Energy Laser (HEL): Tomorrow’s Weapon in Directed Energy Weapons Volume I (Trafford Publishing Company); and recently the book on the subject Directed Energy Weapons and Physics of High Energy Laser with Springer. He has other books with Springer Publishing Company; Thermodynamics in Nuclear Power Plant Systems (Springer); and Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Nuclear Reactors (Springer).