Articles about nuclear fusion
5th of February 2022
Article "Summarized proposal of a progressive
thermalization fusion reactor able to produce nuclear fusions
with a mechanical gain superior or equal to 18" Rev.
B
Abstract: the main advantage of this fusion reactor is that the plasma after having been brought up near to the optimum conditions for D/T fusion (around 68 keV), is then maintained in this state, low energy non-thermal ions (=15 keV) being injected as replacement ions. So the energetic cost is low and the mechanical gain (Q) is elevated (=18), the working being continuous. Moreover, the main plasma control by the particles injectors (I and U) is relatively simple. This reactor has been partly checked on a simulator.
29h of January 2022
Article "Progressive thermalization fusion reactor able
to produce nuclear fusions at higher mechanical gain" (published
in the journal "Energy and Power Engineering": https://doi.org/10.4236/epe.2022.141003)
Abstract: in the standard fusion reactors, mainly tokamaks, the mechanical gain obtained is below 1. In the other hand, there are colliding beam fusion reactors, for which, the not neutral plasma and the space charge limits the number of fusions to a very small number. Consequently, the mechanical gain is extremely low.
The proposed reactor is also a colliding beam fusion reactor, configured in Stellarator, using directed beams. D+/T+ ions are injected in opposition, with electrons, at high speeds, so as to form a neutral beam. All these particles turn in a magnetic loop in form of figure of “0” (“racetrack”). The plasma is initially non-thermal but, as expected, rapidly becomes thermal, so all states between non-thermal and thermal exists in this reactor. The main advantage of this reactor is that this plasma after having been brought up near to the optimum conditions for fusion (around 68 keV), is then maintained in this state, thanks to low energy non-thermal ions (<=15 keV). So the energetic cost is low and the mechanical gain (Q) is high (>>1). The goal of this article is to study a different type of fusion reactor, its advantages (no net plasma current inside this reactor, so no disruptive instabilities and consequently a continuous working, a relatively simple way to control the reactor thanks to the particles injectors), and its drawbacks, using a simulator tool. The finding results are valuable for possible future fusion reactors able to generate massive energy in a cleaner and safer way than fission reactors.
23th of September 2020
Article "Usefulness of the magnetic
« corkscrew » for particles beams" Rev. C
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23th of September 2020
Article "Electrostatic lens sizing" Rev. C
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27th of August 2019
Article "Simulation of a fusion reactor using an
electrons cloud confined in a magnetic bottle" Rev. A
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19th of February 2019
Article "Conclusion about the possibility of fusion by
frontal collision in a linear device" Rev. 3
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22th of July 2018
Article "Proposal of a new type of electrostatic
confinement reactor able to produce nuclear fusions with a yield
superior to 1" Rev. B
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22th of July 2018
Article "Proposal of an electrostatic
confinement reactor able to produce nuclear aneutronic fusions
with a yield superior to 1" Rev. A
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