کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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272603 | 505028 | 2010 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

We outline a speculative design for a photodetachment neutraliser for a negative ion neutral beam system, with neutralisation efficiency of 95% or more. The practical difficulties are enormous. The ion beam must pass through an optical cavity capable of reflecting the light many times. For 500 reflections, the laser optical power output ∼800 kW, giving circulating power ∼400 MW. All sources of light loss combined need to be kept to 0.2% or less per pass. The losses due to photodetachment itself, and due to Thomson scattering in the beam plasma are negligible. A key task is to maintain the reflectance of the mirrors above 99.97% for long periods of operation, protecting all the components from thermal and neutron damage, and from caesium, sputtered atoms and other contamination. A diode-pumped Nd-doped YAG laser can have overall electrical-to-light (“wall-plug”) efficiency up to 25%. A DEMO concept reactor such as the EU Power Plant Conceptual Study (PPCS) Model B requires 270 MW heating power. If this is all provided by neutral beams, then a laser neutraliser might reduce the electrical power consumption for this from 900 MW to 520 MW.
Journal: Fusion Engineering and Design - Volume 85, Issue 5, August 2010, Pages 745–751