Magnetic confinement fusion driven thermonuclear energy /

Magnetic confinement fusion driven thermonuclear energy /

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Author / Creator:Zohuri, Bahman, author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Plasma confinement.
Magnetic fields.
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear fusion.
Magnetic fields.
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear fusion.
Plasma confinement.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11271812
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ISBN:9783319511771
3319511777
9783319511764
3319511769
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 7, 2017).
Summary:This book covers the principles and practices behind the Magnetic Confinement Fusion (MCF) approach to driven new source of energy. All possible technical methods, including well established theoretical research, as well as findings tested in an experimental tokamak reactor, are examined in order to determine how to best achieve breakeven via this pathway to plasma-driven fusion. The author undertakes a life cycle analysis to compare and contrast the efficiency, environmental impacts, and operating costs of plasma-driven MCF fusion against other forms of energy generation currently in widespread use. The associated computer code and numerical analysis are included in the book. No prior knowledge of MCF and no more than basic background in plasma physics is required. Provides an updated approach to Magnetic Confinement Fusion Includes Life Cycle Analysis, weighing the efficiency of plasma-driven fusion against other energy technologies Tackles the specific challenges that have hindered commercial implementation.
Other form:Print version: Zohuri, Bahman. Magnetic confinement fusion driven thermonuclear energy. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017 3319511769 9783319511764
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-51177-1
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; 1: Foundation of Electromagnetic Theory; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Vector Analysis; 1.2.1 Vector Algebra; 1.2.2 Vector Gradient; 1.2.3 Vector Integration; 1.2.4 Vector Divergence; 1.2.5 Vector Curl; 1.2.6 Vector Differential Operator; 1.3 Further Developments; 1.4 Electrostatics; 1.4.1 The Coulombś Law; 1.4.2 The Electric Field; 1.4.3 The Gaussś Law; 1.5 Solution of Electrostatic Problems; 1.5.1 Poissonś Equation; 1.5.2 Laplaceś Equation; 1.6 Electrostatic Energy; 1.6.1 Potential Energy of a Group of Point Charges.
  • 1.6.2 Electrostatic Energy of a Charge Distribution1.6.3 Forces and Torques; 1.7 Maxwellś Equations; 1.8 Debye Length; 1.9 Physics of Plasmas; 1.10 Fluid Description of Plasma; 1.11 MHD; 1.12 Plasma Stability; 1.13 Kink Stability; References; 2: Principles of Plasma Physics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Barrier Penetration; 2.3 Calculation of Coulomb Barrier; 2.4 Thermonuclear Fusion Reactions; 2.5 Rates of Thermonuclear Reactions; 2.6 Thermonuclear Fusion Reactions; 2.7 Critical Ignition Temperature for Fusion; 2.8 Controlled Thermonuclear Ideal Ignition Temperature; 2.9 Bremsstrahlung Radiation.
  • 2.10 Bremsstrahlung Plasma Radiation Losses2.11 Bremsstrahlung Emission Rate; 2.12 Additional Radiation Losses; 2.13 Inverse Bremsstrahlung in Controlled Thermonuclear ICF and MCF; References; 3: Confinement Systems for Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Magnetic Confinement Fusion; 3.3 Summary of Guiding Center Drift; 3.4 Motion of Plasma Particles in a Magnetic Field; 3.5 Stabilization of the Pinched Discharge; 3.6 Linear Pinched Discharge; 3.7 Magnetic Confinement Fusion Reactors; 3.7.1 The Tokamak; 3.7.1.1 Plasma Diffusion; 3.7.2 The Reversed-Field Pinch.
  • 3.7.2.1 Theory3.7.2.2 Experiment; 3.7.2.3 Low-Beta Pinch; 3.7.2.4 High-Beta Pinch; 3.7.2.5 Reversed-Field Pinch as a Fusion Reactor; 3.7.3 The Stellarator; 3.7.4 The Field-Reversed Configuration; 3.7.5 The Levitated Dipole; References; Index.

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