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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 22 | Number 1 | August 1992 | Pages 56-65
Technical Paper | D-3He/Fusion Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30054
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A direct energy conversion method is proposed for a D-3He inertial confinement fusion reactor. The method utilizes inductive energy recovery through pickup coils in the plasma chamber in which mirror magnetic fields are applied. A method to reduce the problems regarding the handling of ultrahigh voltage inherent in energy recovery of this type is proposed that divides a one-turn pickup coil into a number of pickup segments both axially and azimuthally to reduce the output voltage per pickup segment so that it can be managed by near-term technologies. Analytical results predict that the expanding plasma energy is directly converted to electricity through the recovery circuit using capacitors with an efficiency of >80% when the plasma is assumed to expand cylindrically.