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DOE issues RFQ for clean-energy projects at WIPP
The Department of Energy has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for interested parties that are looking to establish carbon pollution–free electricity (CFE) projects at its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site in New Mexico.
Y. Yasaka, K. Inoue, Y. Tomita, H. Momota
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 43 | Number 1 | January 2003 | Pages 312-314
Field Reversed Configuration and Neutron Sources | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A11963622
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A direct energy conversion system designed for D-3He fusion reactor consists of a CUSP direct energy converter (DEC) and a Traveling Wave DEC, where, respectively, electrons and thermal ions are separated from fusion protons and decelerated via Venetian blind type electrodes to produce DC power, and protons are velocity-modulated, bunched, and then decelerated by RF traveling waves to produce RF power. For the basic investigation of the CUSPDEC, a small scale experiment is conducted using a device consisting of a single cusp and low-energy plasma and ion sources. Performed are the measurements of basic characteristics of the behavior of charged particles in various conditions including magnetic field gradients, spatial locations of incidence, ion masses, and ion energies.