Cost-constrained design point for the Reversed-Field Pinch Reactor (RFPR).

Author: Hagenson, Randy Lee
Published: United States : [publisher not identified], 1978.
[Oak Ridge, Tennessee] : [U.S. Atomic Energy Commission], 1978.
Physical Description: microfiche : negative ; 11 x 15 cm
Additional Creators: Krakowski, R. A.

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Summary

A broad spectrum of Reversed-Field Pinch Reactor (RFPR) operating modes are compared on an economics basis. An RFPR with superconducting coils and an air-core poloidal field transformer optimizes to give a minimum cost system when compared to normal-conducting coils and the iron-core transformer used in earlier designs. An interim design is described that exhibits a thermally stable, unrefueled, 21 s burn (burnup 50 percent) with an energy containment time equal to 200 times the Bohm time, which is consistent with present-day tokamak experiments. This design operates near the minimum energy state (THETA = B/sub THETA/(r/sub w/)/(B/sub z/) = 2.0 and F = B/sub z/(r/sub w/)/(B/sub z/) = 1.0 from the High Beta Model) of the RFP configuration. This cost-optimized design produces a reactor of 1.5-m minor radius and 12.8-m major radius, that generates 1000 MWe (net) with a recirculating power fraction of 0.15 at a direct capital cost of 970 /kWe (1978 dollars).

Report Numbers

LA-UR-78-1397; CONF-780508-18

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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission depository collection.

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DOE contract number: W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI Identifier 6676419
Research organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States).

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