A Portable Neutron Source using by Spherically Convergent Beam Fusion Device

Author

Park, Jeong Ho ; Ju, Heung Jin ; Ko, Kwang Cheol

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

25-29 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

693

Lastpage

695

Abstract

This paper presents experimental and simulation results of discharge in spherically convergent beam fusion device. The deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fusion reaction in that device will generate neutron. The experimental device consists of a vacuum chamber made of stainless steel, spherical mesh type anode and concentric grid cathode of 5cm diameter. The pressure of chamber maintained constant by injecting gas. A star mode discharge which has possibility of effective neutron generation was observed, when deuterium gas was injected in the chamber and pulsed voltage applied to grid cathode

Keywords

fusion reactors; neutron sources; concentric grid cathode; deuterium-deuterium fusion reaction; portable neutron source; spherical mesh type anode; spherically convergent beam fusion device; stainless steel; vacuum chamber; Anodes; Cathodes; Deuterium; Fault location; Fusion power generation; Mesh generation; Neutrons; Pulse generation; Steel; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 2006. ISDEIV '06. International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Matsue

ISSN

1093-2941

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0191-7

Electronic_ISBN

1093-2941

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.2006.357397

Filename

4194978