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Author: Aaron N. Fancher Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This work details the advancement and understanding of fusion neutron generation capabilities using a deuterium fueled spherical gridded inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) device operating up to 200 kV at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The goal of this work was to extend the experimental and theoretical understanding of gridded IEC operations to previously unachieved 200 kV cathode operation and to investigate long term trends in the neutron production rate performance. To support this experimental investigation, hardware with the capability to reliably sustain 200 kV operation was successfully developed by constructing a resistively divided 2-stage high voltage vacuum feedthrough. Repeated measurements of the neutron production rate under fixed experimental conditions were performed over the span of 100 operational runs, which showed an upward trend in the neutron production rate performance. An investigation into the impact of impurity gas in the chamber during operation showed the reduction of impurity gas in the system and an increase in neutron production rate are correlated. An estimation of the neutron production rate increase over these runs due to embedded fusion reactions in the chamber wall showed a fuel density build up near the surface by the implantation of fast neutral deuterium particles leaving the system can plausibly account for the upward trend in neutron production rate measurements. Parametric studies measured the neutron production rate with variations in the device cathode voltage (10-200 kV), cathode current (30-100 mA) and chamber pressure (0.2-1.7 mTorr D2), and comparisons with a theoretical model are made. The results of this study showed the neutron production rate scales linearly with current as expected with a beam-target fusion regime and scales in a complex manner with voltage and pressure. Comparisons made to a theoretical model of the neutron production rate using an integral transport code showed the absolute neutron production rate prediction by the model is a factor of 7.8 lower than experimental measurements. A new record for steady-state D-D neutron production rate of 3.8x108 neutrons/s has been achieved in a gridded IEC device at a cathode voltage of 200 kV, cathode current of 100 mA, and chamber pressure of 1.0 mTorr D2.
Author: Aaron N. Fancher Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This work details the advancement and understanding of fusion neutron generation capabilities using a deuterium fueled spherical gridded inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) device operating up to 200 kV at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The goal of this work was to extend the experimental and theoretical understanding of gridded IEC operations to previously unachieved 200 kV cathode operation and to investigate long term trends in the neutron production rate performance. To support this experimental investigation, hardware with the capability to reliably sustain 200 kV operation was successfully developed by constructing a resistively divided 2-stage high voltage vacuum feedthrough. Repeated measurements of the neutron production rate under fixed experimental conditions were performed over the span of 100 operational runs, which showed an upward trend in the neutron production rate performance. An investigation into the impact of impurity gas in the chamber during operation showed the reduction of impurity gas in the system and an increase in neutron production rate are correlated. An estimation of the neutron production rate increase over these runs due to embedded fusion reactions in the chamber wall showed a fuel density build up near the surface by the implantation of fast neutral deuterium particles leaving the system can plausibly account for the upward trend in neutron production rate measurements. Parametric studies measured the neutron production rate with variations in the device cathode voltage (10-200 kV), cathode current (30-100 mA) and chamber pressure (0.2-1.7 mTorr D2), and comparisons with a theoretical model are made. The results of this study showed the neutron production rate scales linearly with current as expected with a beam-target fusion regime and scales in a complex manner with voltage and pressure. Comparisons made to a theoretical model of the neutron production rate using an integral transport code showed the absolute neutron production rate prediction by the model is a factor of 7.8 lower than experimental measurements. A new record for steady-state D-D neutron production rate of 3.8x108 neutrons/s has been achieved in a gridded IEC device at a cathode voltage of 200 kV, cathode current of 100 mA, and chamber pressure of 1.0 mTorr D2.
Author: Matthew K. Michalak Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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The objectives of the work presented here include understanding key operating principles and providing precise data sets that can be used to test inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion theory and optimize IEC device operation. The underlying physical behavior was separated from superficial trends observed in an IEC device at the University of Wisconsin--Madison (UW). The effects of changing voltage (30-170 kV) and current (30-100 mA) were thoroughly explored, pressure effects (0.15-1.25 mTorr) were mapped, and the effect of impurities in the system was quantified. The most challenging part of this work was designing a high voltage feedthrough that could reliably operate at higher voltages for far longer times than previously attained. A system to detect conventional explosives using fusion neutrons was also designed, constructed, and tested. Precise data sets were created by taking into account and minimizing the effects of short and long term trends in the experiment. Detailed meter current scans were taken that showed a linear relationship of the neutron production rate with current. Cathode voltage scans were slightly greater than linear in the neutron rate from 30 to 170 kV, but the rate increase diminished to near linear as 170 kV was approached. A new high voltage feedthrough was designed that surpassed the performance of past UW IEC lab feedthroughs and shows promise for long duration operation at still higher voltages. Limitations of other equipment in the IEC lab prevented testing the feedthrough to voltages above 175 kV. A more robust construction of the feedthrough and reducing the consequences of a feedthrough failure were also important design criteria that were met. A detector array was made to detect explosives via the 10.8 MeV neutron capture prompt gamma from nitrogen. Signals from four separate detectors were combined to make the individual detectors act similar to one large detector. The detector signals were both summed and combined to compare the performance of the two methods. An overwhelming background radiation signal and insufficient time resolution were two factors that led to the combined signal not performing as well as the summed signal.
Author: Guillermo Velarde Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1000098850 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 766
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Nuclear Fusion by Inertial Confinement provides a comprehensive analysis of directly driven inertial confinement fusion. All important aspects of the process are covered, including scientific considerations that support the concept, lasers and particle beams as drivers, target fabrication, analytical and numerical calculations, and materials and engineering considerations. Authors from Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, and the U.S. have contributed to the volume, making it an internationally significant work for all scientists working in the Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) field, as well as for graduate students in engineering and physics with interest in ICF.
Author: Aaron N. Fancher
Author: Aaron N. Fancher
Author: Nolan C. van Rossum
Author: Matthew K. Michalak
Author: Guillermo Velarde
Author: Brian Edward Jurczyk
Author: David C Donovan
Author: Louis Franzel
Author: James J. Duderstadt
Author: Blair Patrick Bromley
Author: National Research Council