Using the strong magnetic field to promote the ignition process in Magneto-Inertial Fusion

Author

Xian-Jun Yang ; Zhi-Wei Dong

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys. & Comput. Math., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

25-29 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. The fusion of magnetized plasma is a hot research topic in recent years, in which MIF (Magneto-Inertial Fusion) has been proposed to be an alternative approach to generate thermonuclear fusion power because it may significantly reduce the constructing cost and facility size. The remarkable character of MIF is to use the strong magnetic field, which is originally embedded within the preheated plasma and is subsequently compressed up to a several thousand Tesla during the implosion process while the facilitate compresses the heating plasma to reach the ignition condition. Our work here is focusing on the production mechanism of the strong magnetic field and the effect of this field on the process of ignition.

Keywords

explosions; fusion reactor ignition; magnetic fields; plasma inertial confinement; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; 1D MHD description; conduction loss; cyclotron radiation; electron beam driven compression; electron conduction; embedded magnetic field; explosive driven compression; hydrodynamic compression; ignition condition; ignition process; implosion process; magnetized plasma fusion; magnetoinertial fusion; maximum liner velocity; maximum magnetic field strength; particle energy deposition; power loss; preheated plasma; radiation loss; solid liner compression; strong magnetic fields; thermonuclear fusion power generation; Fusion reactors; Ignition; Magnetic fields; Mathematics; Physics; Plasmas; Roads;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Sciences (ICOPS) held with 2014 IEEE International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS), 2014 IEEE 41st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2711-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2014.7012477

Filename

7012477