Open AccessReactor applications of two-component tokamak plasmas
Author(s) -
F. Tenney
Publication year - 1975
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4145711
Subject(s) - plasma , tokamak , toroid , fusion power , physics , deuterium , fusion , component (thermodynamics) , nuclear engineering , thermal , nuclear physics , atomic physics , power density , flux (metallurgy) , neutron , thermal energy , power (physics) , materials science , thermodynamics , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , metallurgy
The physics of two-energy-component toroidal plasmas (TCT) is reviewed. Energy ''breakeven'' using the TCT mode (deuteron beams on a triton-target plasma) can be attained at much smaller ntau and temperature than in thermal plasma operation. This result reflects the fact that the fusion power density in a TCT can be much larger than in a thermal DT plasma of the same pressure. The large fusion power density (i.e., large neutron flux) of a TCT may find practical use in a number of applications. (auth
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