View
70
Download
0
Category
Tags:
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
Pathways to Fusion Beyond NIF. Presented at: The 34 th Annual Meeting and Symposium Fusion Power Associates December 10, 2013 Tom Anklam, Mike Dunne, Ed Moses Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Key post-ignition steps on the path to commercial, inertial fusion energy. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
Pathways to Fusion Beyond NIF
Presented at: The 34th Annual Meeting and Symposium
Fusion Power AssociatesDecember 10, 2013
Tom Anklam, Mike Dunne, Ed MosesLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2
Key post-ignition steps on the path to commercial, inertial fusion energy
• Adequate fusion gain for a power plant
• Feasibility of low-cost, mass manufactured fuel
• Reliable, high average power driver
• Validated models for supporting technologies— Chamber physics, Tritium production, etc
• Certification tests of fusion chamber structural materials
• Stakeholder education and early regulatory engagement
Anklam—The 34th Annual Meeting and Symposium Fusion Power Associates, December 10, 2013P379539s2.ppt
These efforts need to be done in the context of an integrated power plant design and economic modeling activity
3
Systems analysis shows gain ~60 is good balance between economics and testability on NIF
P379539s2.ppt
Cost of electricity as a fusion gain and PRF
Anklam—The 34th Annual Meeting and Symposium Fusion Power Associates, December 10, 2013
4
Low-cost, mass manufacture will require a completely different paradigm
Carbon Capsules
Die-cast hohlraum parts
Collaboration with semi-conductor manufacturing community is proving valuable
P379539s2.ppt Anklam—The 34th Annual Meeting and Symposium Fusion Power Associates, December 10, 2013
17 m
4.6 m
HAPLS project: Delivery of a laser system for a 10 Hz, 1 Petawatt user facility, incorporating a 200 J / 10 Hz DPSSL pump laser
LLNL diode-pumped laser technology is
being integrated into the “ELI Beam lines”
facility in Europe
P379539s2.ppt 5Anklam—The 34th Annual Meeting and Symposium Fusion Power Associates, December 10, 2013
HAPLS leverages many elements of the LIFE design scaled down from multi-kJ operation
Rotator l/4Diodes Diodes
• Diode pumps high efficiency • Helium cooled amps high repetition rate with low stress• Normal amp slabs compensated thermal birefringence, compact
amp• Passive switching performs at repetition rate• Lower output fluence less susceptible to optical damage
P379539s2.ppt 6Anklam—The 34th Annual Meeting and Symposium Fusion Power Associates, December 10, 2013
10-2 10-1 100 101 102 103100
101
102
NIF
Mercury
HALNA
LUCIAPOLARIS
OSL
OMEGA
Peen
UCLA
Dipole
Honig
GOLD
GOLD-FE
Beach
TRAM
EUV
ELI-Ditmire
0.1 W 1 W 10 W 100 W 1 kW
Ener
gy/p
ulse
(J)
Repetition Rate (Hz)
Commercial
GOLD
1w Performance
Optics durability will be keyGOLD System under construction – giga-shot, multi-year test campaign120 Hz, >10 J operationLow fluence design – providing a robust source to test optics underLIFE-relevant conditionsOf immediate-term application to facilities such as ELI
100 Hz amplifier front-end DPSSL performance to exceed kW
P379539s2.ppt 7Anklam—The 34th Annual Meeting and Symposium Fusion Power Associates, December 10, 2013
Technology development needs to be done in the context of an integrated plant design
Capital cost areasEconomic factors
Technology investment impactStatistical plant availability
Capital costAvailabilityReliabilityMaintainabilityFuel/consumable costsLicensingSupply chainEnvironmental costTime to market Example: laser
P379539s2.ppt 8Anklam—The 34th Annual Meeting and Symposium Fusion Power Associates, December 10, 2013
NIF-1210-20668s2.ppt Anklam—PS&A Review, January 20, 2011
Recommended