IFE chamber technology testing program in NIF and chamber development test plan

Author

Abdou, Mohamed A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Aerosp. & Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Sep-5 Oct 1995

Firstpage

7

Abstract

Issues concerning chamber technology testing program in NIF involving: criteria for evaluation/prioritization of experiments, engineering scaling requirements for test article design and material selection and R&D plan prior to NIF testing were addressed in this paper. In order to maximize the benefits of testing program in NIF, the testing in NIF should provide the experimental data relevant to DEMO design choice or to DEMO design predictive capability by utilizing engineering scaling test article designs. Test plans were developed for 2 promising chamber design concepts. Early testing in non-fusion/non-ignition prior to testing in ignition facility serves a critical role in chamber R&D test plans in order to reduce the risks and costs of the more complex experiments in NIF

Keywords

fusion reactor design; plasma inertial confinement; DEMO design; IFE chamber technology testing program; NIF; chamber development test plan; engineering scaling; nonfusion/nonignition; test article design; Aerospace engineering; Aerospace materials; Aerospace testing; Design engineering; Ignition; Materials testing; Protection; Research and development; System testing; X-rays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1995. SOFE '95. Seeking a New Energy Era., 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium

Conference_Location

Champaign, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2969-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1995.534163

Filename

534163