Physics of fusion power Lecture 14: Anomalous transport / ITER.
ITER: The Journey to Nuclear Fusion
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ITER: The Journey to Nuclear Fusion
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Who, where, and when?
● European Union, Japan, Russia, China, India, Korea, USA
● Cadarache, France● Operate in 2018● ~10 billion dollars
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Efficiency - % mass turned to energy
● 1.8 x 10-8 %, TNT, 3.8 calories/g
● 5.3 x 10-8 %, gasoline, 11.5 calories/g● 0.09%, U-235 fission● 0.38%, D-T fusion● 5%-42%, Gravitational accretion friction● <20%, Penrose process● typically 10%, Blandford-Znajek process
– can be >100%
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Supply and demand
● At the 2005 worldwide energy consumption rate, how long would each fuel source last humanity?
● natural gas – 100 years● oil – 220 years● coal – 540 years● uranium – 2000 years● lithium (D-T) – 6200 years● deuterium – Take a guess!
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Supply and demand
● At the 2005 worldwide energy consumption rate, how long would each fuel source last humanity?
● natural gas – 100 years● oil – 220 years● coal – 540 years● uranium – 2000 years● lithium (D-T) – 6200 years● deuterium – 20 billion years!!! !
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D-T reaction
● D + T → 4He + n ; ΔE = 17.6 MeV● requires temp > 40 million K● optimal temp ~ 10 keV
– 100 million K
● requires tritium breeding (lithium)
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D-D reaction
● D + D → T + p (or → 3He + n) ; ΔE ~ 3.7 MeV● Temp ~ 15 keV
● Requires 30x energy confinement of D-T process
● Power produced is 68 times less than D-T
● Doesn't require tritium breeding (lithium sources)
● Greater energy supply● cycle of 4 reactions possible:
– 6 D → 4 4He + 2 p + 2 n + 43.2 MeV
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Advantages of fusion power
● limitless supply● no greenhouse gases● suitable for large scale power production● relatively small amounts of radioactive waste on
relatively short time scales (<100 years)● no transport of radioactive material● no possibility for runaway reaction
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Lawson criterion
● Ignition: Plasma self heating > power lost
● n = density, τ – confinement time, E/Ploss
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Triple product
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Tokamak
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Heating plasma
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Heating plasma
● Ohmic heating (current through the plasma) only works to about 10 million K
● neutral heating – injecting accelerated neutrals● radio frequency heating – tuned to cyclotron
frequencies● alpha heating (self heating) works above about 100
million K
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Breeding
● Li-6 + n → T + He-4 + 4.8 MeV● Li-7 + n + 2.5 MeV → T + He-4 + n● needs neutron source● depends on supply of lithium
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Objectives
● To produce more energy than it consumes– Q = power out / power in
– current record is Q = 0.65, by JET in 1997
– the goal is Q = 10 (burst), Q > 5 (steady state)
● Test key technologies– superconducting magnets, remote handling, material
endurance
● Breeding its own tritium– eliminating the dependence on fission reactors
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Main parameters
● Plasma Major Radius 6.2 m● Plasma Minor Radius 2.0 m● Plasma Volume 840 m3● Plasma Current 15.0 MA● Toroidal Field on Axis 5.3 T● Fusion Power 500 MW● Burn Flat Top >400 s● Power Amplification >10x
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Material problems
● high flux of 14 MeV neutrons● degrades materials● radioactive for a few decades● austenitic stainless steel currently used
– replace inner surface every few years
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Timeline
● now – excavating the construction site● 2009 – begin construction● 2012 – tokamak assembly● 2016 – first plasma● 2020 – first fusion● run for a total of 20 years● (approx) 5 + 25 + 5 = 40 years of decommissioning
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What's next?
● DEMO, the demonstration fusion power plant ● 2 GW on a continual basis, Q > 25● 15% larger, 30% higher density● Plan: build in 2024 (Japan)● Start in 2033
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Fun facts
● 1 gallon of seawater contains as much energy in deuterium as 300 gallons of gasoline
● 1 Tb of water = 1 gallon of gasoline
● ~1/3 NA of gallons of gasoline in the ocean
– 1 gallon of water ~= 8000 miles in a car, here to New York and back easily, probably can make it there again
● All deuterium is from minutes after the Big Bang
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Hey, oil does float on water!
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Discussion suggestions
● Funding● Instabilities● Other fuel cycles
– aneutronic fusion – less mess, harder to do
– He reactions, requires source, moon?
– p + B -> 3 4He (600 keV, 6.6 GK)
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Backup slides
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Plasma Instabilities
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Plasma instabilities
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Z-pinch and mirror
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Fusion basics
●1H = H = p, 2H = D, 3H = T
● D-T reaction:
– D + T → 4He + n ; ΔE = 17.6 MeV
– Temp ~ 10 keV
● D-D reaction:
– D + D → T + p (or → 3He + n) ; ΔE = ~3.7 MeV
– Temp ~ 15 keV
– Requires energy confinement 30x D-T process
– power produced 68 times less than D-T
– doesn't require tritium breeding (lithium sources)
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