Cumulative thermonuclear inertial reactor

被引:2
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作者
Bolonkin, Alexander [1 ]
机构
[1] Consultat & Res Co, City Coll New York, New York, NY 10031 USA
来源
ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY | 2016年 / 6卷
关键词
Micro-thermonuclear reactor; Cumulative AB thermonuclear reactor; Transportation thermonuclear reactor; Aerospace thermonuclear engine; Nuclear rockets; Nuclei fuse;
D O I
10.1186/s13705-016-0074-z
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Background: In the last 60 years, the scientists spent tens of billion dollars attempting to develop useful thermonuclear energy. But they cannot yet reach a stable thermonuclear reaction. They still are promising publicly, after another 15-20 years, more tens of billions of US dollars to finally design the expensive workable industrial installation. The author offers a new, small, cheap cumulative inertial thermonuclear reactor, which increases the pressure and temperature of its nuclear fuel thousands of times, reaches the required ignition stage and, ultimately, full constant contained thermonuclear reaction. Cumulative reactor contains several innovations to achieve its product. It is safe and ecological. The author is aware that no cumulative pressure research was done anywhere else in the world, especially with additional rocket acceleration. Methods: The chief among them is using moving explosives (rocket thrust), which allows to accelerate the special piston to a very high speed (more 30 km/s) which (as it is shown by integral computations) compresses the fuel capsule a million times and heats up million degrees of temperature. Results: The author gives detailed computations of the Lawson criterion. He shows the current conventional inertial laser method gives only 0.28 < 1 of the needed Lawson criterion of thermonuclear reaction (rho R > 1 g/cm(2)). The offered method gives 585 > 1 of the needed Lawson criterion. Conclusions: The proposed method cannot only achieve but also significantly exceed the Lawson criterion. The experimental reactor is about a thousand times cheaper than a typical laser unit.
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