Evaluation Of Performance Of Select Fusion Experiments And Projected Reactors

Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781724309235
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Evaluation of Performance of Select Fusion Experiments and Projected Reactors written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The performance of NASA Lewis fusion experiments (SUMMA and Bumpy Torus) is compared with other experiments and that necessary for a power reactor. Key parameters cited are gain (fusion power/input power) and the time average fusion power, both of which may be more significant for real fusion reactors than the commonly used Lawson parameter. The NASA devices are over 10 orders of magnitude below the required powerplant values in both gain and time average power. The best experiments elsewhere are also as much as 4 to 5 orders of magnitude low. However, the NASA experiments compare favorably with other alternate approaches that have received less funding than the mainline experiments. The steady-state character and efficiency of plasma heating are strong advantages of the NASA approach. The problem, though, is to move ahead to experiments of sufficient size to advance in gain and average power parameters. Miley, G. H. Unspecified Center NASA-CR-3043 NASA ORDER C-2438-D