MHD-nozzle device as a thermonuclear target in MAGO/MTF concept

Author

Demin, A.N. ; Chernyshev, V.K. ; Korchagin, V.P. ; Mokhov, V.N. ; Ivanov, V.A. ; Pak, Semen V. ; Yakubov, V.B. ; Garanin, S.F. ; Mamyshev, Valentin I. ; Kuznetsov, S.D. ; Subbotin, A.N. ; Burencov, O.M. ; Dolin, Yuriy N. ; Dudin, Vladimir I. ; Morozov, I.

Author_Institution

Sci. Res. Inst. of Exp. Phys., Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

585

Abstract

Describes the MAGO-MTF (magnetised target fusion) approach to fusion energy using a MHD-nozzle device as the thermonuclear target. In MAGO-MTF, thermonuclear reaction ignition has two stages: 1) heated magnetized plasma formation; and 2) adiabatic compression of the obtained plasma and the achievement of thermonuclear reaction burning conditions. The formation of plasma with definite temperature and lifetime is carried out by means of plasma acceleration up to ultrahigh velocities in the MHD Laval nozzle under the influence of quick-increasing magnetic field pressure and by means of the further plasma thermalisation. Some results of the MHD-nozzle device calculations are presented, in which one can see the character of plasma motion and the dynamics of its heating

Keywords

fusion reactor design; fusion reactor ignition; nozzles; plasma density; plasma heating; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; MAGO/MTF concept; MHD Laval nozzle; MHD-nozzle device; adiabatic compression; fusion energy; heated magnetized plasma formation; heating; magnetised target fusion; plasma acceleration; plasma motion; plasma thermalisation; quick-increasing magnetic field pressure; thermonuclear reaction burning conditions; thermonuclear reaction ignition; thermonuclear target; Electromyography; Fusion reactors; Ignition; Neutrons; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Plasma temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High-Power Particle Beams, 1998. BEAMS '98. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Haifa

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4287-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BEAMS.1998.816922

Filename

816922