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Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
Over the past decade, fusion energy has moved decisively from scientific aspiration toward a credible pathway to a new energy technology. Thanks to long-term federal support, we have significantly advanced our fundamental understanding of plasma physics—the behavior of the superheated gases at the heart of fusion devices. This knowledge will enable the creation and control of fusion fuel under conditions required for future power plants. Our progress is exemplified by breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility and the Joint European Torus.
K. Nishimura, H. Takeno, Y. Yasaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 310-312
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16938
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As for the modulation process of a traveling wave direct energy converter (TWDEC), which will be used in D-3He fusion power generation and has a principle of a reversal process of linear accelerator, numerical analysis of particle orbits has been performed. Space charge effect is taken into account to examine lower modulation effect found in simulation experiments. In the high incident particle density expected in the simulation experiments, the influences of space charge effect on modulation process have been confirmed in the view points of radial spread, axial velocity, and bunching characteristics.