Inertial confinement fusion driven thermonuclear energy /

Inertial confinement fusion driven thermonuclear energy /

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Author / Creator:Zohuri, Bahman.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Inertial confinement fusion.
Inertial confinement fusion.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11271368
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ISBN:9783319509075
3319509071
9783319509068
3319509063
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Summary:This book takes a holistic approach to plasma physics and controlled fusion via Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) techniques, establishing a new standard for clean nuclear power generation. Inertial Confinement Fusion techniques to enable laser-driven fusion have long been confined to the black-box of government classification due to related research on thermonuclear weapons applications. This book is therefore the first of its kind to explain the physics, mathematics and methods behind the implosion of the Nd-Glass tiny balloon (pellet), using reliable and thoroughly referenced data sources. The associated computer code and numerical analysis are included in the book. No prior knowledge of Laser Driven Fusion and no more than basic background in plasma physics is required. Provides an in-depth, complete education on Laser-driven Fusion, beginning with fundamentals of Inertial Confinement of Fusion (ICF) and including the code and formulae behind successful application; Shares break-through plasma physics based techniques to generate clean nuclear energy, formerly shrouded in secrecy for leveraging solely in weapons development; Covers the necessary shock-wave analysis via second order self-similarity, asymptotic and dimensional methods.
Other form:Print version: Zohuri, Bahman. Inertial confinement fusion driven thermonuclear energy. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017 3319509063 9783319509068
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-50907-5
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgment; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1: Short Course in Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Ideal Gas; 1.3 Bose-Einstein Distribution Function; 1.4 Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function; 1.4.1 The Grand Partition Function and Other Thermodynamic Functions; 1.4.2 The Fermi-Dirac Distribution Function; 1.5 Ideal Fermi Gas; 1.6 Ideal Dense Plasma; 1.6.1 Thermodynamic Relations; 1.6.2 Ideal Gas and Saha Ionization; 1.7 Thomas-Fermi Theory; 1.7.1 Basic Thomas-Fermi Equations; References.
  • Chapter 2: Essential Physics of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF)2.1 Introduction; 2.2 General Concept of Electromagnetisms and Electrostatics; 2.2.1 The Coulombś Law; 2.2.2 The Electric Field; 2.2.3 The Gaussś Law; 2.3 Solution of Electrostatic Problems; 2.3.1 Poissonś Equation; 2.3.1.1 Rectangular or Cartesian Coordinate; 2.3.1.2 Cylindrical Coordinate; 2.3.1.3 Spherical Coordinate; 2.3.2 Laplaceś Equation; 2.4 Electrostatic Energy; 2.4.1 Potential Energy of a Group of Point Charges; 2.4.2 Electrostatic Energy of a Charge Distribution; 2.4.3 Forces and Torques; 2.5 Maxwellś Equations.
  • 2.6 Debye Length2.7 Physics of Plasmas; Interstellar Medium (ISM) Definition; 2.8 Fluid Description of Plasma; 2.9 Magneto-Hydrodynamics (MHD); 2.10 Physics of Dimensional Analysis Application in Inertial Confinement Fusion ICF; 2.10.1 Dimensional Analysis and Scaling Concept; 2.10.2 Similarity and Estimating; 2.10.3 Self-Similarity; 2.10.4 General Results of Similarity; 2.10.5 Principles of Similarity; 2.10.6 Self-Similarity Solutions of the First and Second Kind; 2.11 Physics of Implosion and Explosion in ICF: Self-Similarity Methods; 2.12 Self-Similarity and Sedov-Taylor Problem.
  • 2.13 Self-Similarity and Guderley ProblemReferences; Chapter 3: Physics of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF); 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Rates of Thermonuclear Reactions; 3.3 Critical Ignition Temperature for Fusion; 3.4 Controlled Thermonuclear Ideal Ignition Temperature; 3.5 Lawson Criterion; 3.5.1 Inertial Confinement and Lawson Criterion; 3.6 Bremsstrahlung Radiation; 3.6.1 Bremsstrahlung Plasma Radiation Losses; 3.6.2 Bremsstrahlung Emission Rate; 3.6.3 Additional Radiation Losses; 3.6.4 Inverse Bremsstrahlung Radiation in Inertial Confinement Fusion.
  • 3.7 Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in Inertial Confinement Fusion3.8 Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Inertial Confinement Fusion; 3.9 Filamentation Instability in Inertial Confinement Fusion; 3.10 Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability; References; Chapter 4: Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF); 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Overview of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF); 4.3 Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Process Steps; 4.4 A Path Toward Inertial Fusion Energy; 4.4.1 Direct-Drive Fusion; 4.4.2 Indirect-Drive Fusion (The Hohlraum); 4.4.3 Single Beam Driver as Ignitor Concept (Fast Ignition).

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