T. Dolan – Magnetic Fusion Technology (2013)

Автор: T. Dolan
Название книги: Magnetic Fusion Technology
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Физика
Страницы: 816
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Magnetic Fusion Technology describes the technologies that are required for successful development of nuclear fusion power plants using strong magnetic fields. These technologies include: • magnet systems, • plasma heating systems, • control systems, • energy conversion systems, • advanced materials development, • vacuum systems, • cryogenic systems, • plasma diagnostics, • safety systems, and • power plant design studies. Magnetic Fusion Technology will be useful to students and to specialists working in energy research.

This book is a revision of the technology chapters of Fusion Research (Pergamon
Press, 1982) by Dolan. The present book covers only magnetic confinement, not
inertial confinement, with emphasis on the ITER project (originally called the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), which is under construction
in Cadarache, France by an international collaboration, including the People’s
Republic of China, the European Union, India, Japan, The Republic of Korea, the
Russian Federation, and the United States. This book is intended to serve as a
textbook for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, and also as a reference
book for those working in one area of fusion research to learn about other
areas. Each chapter has a summary, objectives, homework problems, references,
and review questions. Since the fusion research field suffers from excessive use of
abbreviations (EUA) the Appendices provide a List of Abbreviations, in addition
to Units Conversions, Constants, Error Function, Vector Relations, Table of
Symbols, and Answers to Problems. ITER is mentioned in almost every section, so
it is cited sparingly in the Topic Index to avoid overcrowding that entry. Some
information, such as thermal stress, appears in more than one place.
Fusion research has suffered from restrictive budgets worldwide, and from
cancellation of many successful or planned projects in the USA (EBT-P, FMIT,
MFTF-B, TFTR, SSPX, ALCATOR-CMOD, LDX, NCSX,…). It might cost the
world *5 G$ per year for 40 more years to develop fusion energy. This 200 G$
over 40 years may sound like a large sum, but it is less than the US military spends
in 4 months. Although fusion technology is curtailed economically, it is making
steady progress towards the goal of safe, clean energy with abundant, inexpensive
fuel.
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