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A New Device Concept of Magnetic Confinement Deuterium–Deuterium Fusion |
| Yuan Pan1, Songtao Wu2*, Zhijiang Wang1*, Zhipeng Chen1, Min Xu3, Bo Rao1, Ping Zhu1, Yong Yang1, Ming Zhang1, Yonghua Ding1, and Donghui Xia1 |
1International Joint Research Laboratory of Magnetic Confinement Fusion and Plasma Physics, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
2Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
3Southwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, China
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Yuan Pan, Songtao Wu, Zhijiang Wang et al 2023 Chin. Phys. Lett. 40 102801 |
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Abstract A two-stage cascade magnetic compression scheme based on field reversed configuration plasma is proposed. The temperature and density of plasma before and after magnetic compression are analyzed. In addition, the suppression of the two-fluid effect and the finite Larmor radius effect on the tilting mode and the rotating mode of major magnetic hydrodynamic instability is studied, and finally, the key physical and engineering parameters of the deuterium–deuterium fusion pulse device are introduced. Further analysis shows that the fusion neutrons can be produced at an energy flux of more than 2 MW/m$^{2}$ per year, which meets the material testing requirements for the fusion demonstration reactor (DEMO). If the recovery of magnetic field energy is taken into account, net energy outputs may be achieved, indicating that the scheme has a potential application prospect as a deuterium–deuterium pulse fusion energy.
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Received: 09 August 2023
Express Letter
Published: 13 September 2023
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