融合了持续的燃料和自给自足的概要设计
Michael Lord1, Iryna Bennett1, Chris Harrington1
1UKAEA, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB, UK.
概括
为了实现 STEP 核聚变厂的燃料自给自足,需要创新的培育器毯和燃料循环设计. 一个冷却的液毯显示出高繁殖比率的承诺,尽管处理挑战.
科学领域:
- 核工程 核工程是指核工程.
- 核聚变能源科学 核聚变能源科学
- 等离子体物理学的物理学
背景情况:
- STEP 工厂的设计面临的挑战是三燃料的自给自足和连续等离子体运行.
- 紧的托卡马克设计限制了车载育种器毯子的集成,使得三育种复杂化.
- 的可用性至关重要,需要繁殖以抵消消费并防止依赖进口.
研究的目的:
- 为 STEP 工厂概述可想象的具有能力的燃料循环和育种毯设计.
- 为应对等离子体燃料供应方面的挑战,并确保燃料自给自足.
- 评估技术选择和系统架构,以实现可靠的燃料循环.
主要方法:
- 系统架构和有目的的技术选择用于燃料循环和育种毯设计.
- 讨论了一种拟议的冷却液育种毛毯.
- 探索从中提取三的技术和过程建模.
主要成果:
- 已经开发了一种具有三能力的燃料循环和育种毯的概念设计.
- 预计在一个紧的球形托卡马克配置下,的繁殖比率很高.
- 液体被确定为潜在的培育媒介,尽管需要进一步考虑.
结论:
- 为了实现连续的燃料循环,需要对和的处理进行实质性的开发.
- 燃料自给自足仍然存在重大风险和阻碍因素,但高繁殖率是可行的.
- 需要进一步评估,以确认液是实现自给自足设计的最简单途径.
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