Numerical Experiments Providing New Insights into Plasma Focus Fusion Devices

Energies

Sing Lee¹ 

[1] Institute for Plasma Focus Studies, 32 Oakpark Drive, Chadstone, VIC 3148, Australia

关键词: plasma focus;    numerical experiments;    scaling laws;    neutron saturation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en3040711

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Recent extensive and systematic numerical experiments have uncovered new insights into plasma focus fusion devices including the following: (1) a plasma current limitation effect, as device static inductance is reduced towards very small values; (2) scaling laws of neutron yield and soft x-ray yield as functions of storage energies and currents; (3) a global scaling law for neutron yield as a function of storage energy combining experimental and numerical data showing that scaling deterioration has probably been interpreted as neutron ‘saturation’; and (4) a fundamental cause of neutron ‘saturation’. The ground-breaking insights thus gained may completely change the directions of plasma focus fusion research.

【 授权许可】

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