Title :
Fabrication and the modeling of large diameter fuel capsules for laser fusion
Author :
Norimatsu, T. ; Takagi, M. ; Izawa, Y. ; Mima, K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Large polystyrene shells whose dimensions are close to those for a future laser fusion reactor were successfully fabricated by means of conventional density matched emulsion method. Although initial emulsions were nonuniform due to bad density matching, fabricated shells had uniformity >98%. In this proceeding, a model for the centering process, which is important to make uniform shells, is presented
Keywords :
fusion reactor fuel; fusion reactor ignition; plasma heating by laser; plasma inertial confinement; plasma production by laser; centering process; density matched emulsion; fusion reactor; large diameter fuel capsules; laser fusion; polystyrene shells; uniform shells; Fuels; Fusion reactors; Kinetic theory; Laser fusion; Laser modes; Optical device fabrication; Orifices; Petroleum; Propellers; Solvents;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4226-7
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1997.687701
