Magnetic Fusion Energy: From Experiments to Power Plants is a timely exploration of the field, giving readers an understanding of the experiments that brought us to the threshold of the ITER era, as well as the physics and technology research needed to take us beyond ITER to commercial fusion power plants.
With the start of ITER construction, the world’s magnetic fusion energy (MFE) enterprise has begun a new era. The ITER scientific and technical (S&T) basis is the result of research on many fusion plasma physics experiments over a period of decades.
Besides ITER, the scope of fusion research must be broadened to create the S&T basis for practical fusion power plants, systems that will continuously convert the energy released from a burning plasma to usable electricity, operating for years with only occasional interruptions for scheduled maintenance.
1. 1. Introduction: The journey to magnetic fusion energy - p. 3 2. 2. Plasma performance, burn and sustainment - p. 7 3. 3. Plasma exhaust - p. 31 4. 4. Power extraction and tritium self-sufficiency - p. 61 5. Part Two. Experiments: scientific foundations for ITER - p. 90 6. 5. ASDEX Upgrade - p. 93 7. 6. The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor - p. 119 8. 7. JT-60U - p. 167 9. 8. Joint European Torus - p. 215 10. 9. Tore Supra—WEST - p. 261 11. 10. Alcator C-Mod and the high magnetic field approach to fusion - p. 295 12. Part Three. Experiments: developing the basis for going beyond ITER - p. 322 13. 11. National Spherical Torus eXperiment - p. 325 14. 12. The mega amp spherical tokamak - p. 359 15. 12.1. The MAST device - p. 360 16. 12.2. Key scientific achievements of 15years of MAST research - p. 363 17. 12.3. The upgrade to MAST - p. 398 18. 13. Experimental advanced superconducting tokamak - p. 409 19. 14. JT-60SA - p. 439 20. 15. Large helical device - p. 469 21. 16. Wendelstein 7-X - p. 493 22. Part Four. Key technological elements of magnetic fusion energy power plants and future fusion power plants - p. 505 23. 17. Heating, current drive and fuelling of magnetic fusion power plants - p. 509 24. 18. Diagnostics for magnetic fusion power plants - p. 549 25. 19. Stellarator fusion power plants - p. 577 26. Index - p. 599
Magnetic Fusion Energy: From Experiments to Power Plants is a timely exploration of the field, giving readers an understanding of the experiments that brought us to the threshold of the ITER era, as well as the physics and technology research needed to take us beyond ITER to commercial fusion power plants.
With the start of ITER construction, the world’s magnetic fusion energy (MFE) enterprise has begun a new era. The ITER scientific and technical (S&T) basis is the result of research on many fusion plasma physics experiments over a period of decades.
Besides ITER, the scope of fusion research must be broadened to create the S&T basis for practical fusion power plants, systems that will continuously convert the energy released from a burning plasma to usable electricity, operating for years with only occasional interruptions for scheduled maintenance.
1. 1. Introduction: The journey to magnetic fusion energy - p. 3 2. 2. Plasma performance, burn and sustainment - p. 7 3. 3. Plasma exhaust - p. 31 4. 4. Power extraction and tritium self-sufficiency - p. 61 5. Part Two. Experiments: scientific foundations for ITER - p. 90 6. 5. ASDEX Upgrade - p. 93 7. 6. The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor - p. 119 8. 7. JT-60U - p. 167 9. 8. Joint European Torus - p. 215 10. 9. Tore Supra—WEST - p. 261 11. 10. Alcator C-Mod and the high magnetic field approach to fusion - p. 295 12. Part Three. Experiments: developing the basis for going beyond ITER - p. 322 13. 11. National Spherical Torus eXperiment - p. 325 14. 12. The mega amp spherical tokamak - p. 359 15. 12.1. The MAST device - p. 360 16. 12.2. Key scientific achievements of 15years of MAST research - p. 363 17. 12.3. The upgrade to MAST - p. 398 18. 13. Experimental advanced superconducting tokamak - p. 409 19. 14. JT-60SA - p. 439 20. 15. Large helical device - p. 469 21. 16. Wendelstein 7-X - p. 493 22. Part Four. Key technological elements of magnetic fusion energy power plants and future fusion power plants - p. 505 23. 17. Heating, current drive and fuelling of magnetic fusion power plants - p. 509 24. 18. Diagnostics for magnetic fusion power plants - p. 549 25. 19. Stellarator fusion power plants - p. 577 26. Index - p. 599
