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Colliding Beam Fusion Reactors

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The recirculating power for virtually all types of fusion reactors has previously been calculated [1] with the Fokker–Planck equation. The reactors involve non-Maxwellian plasmas. The calculations are generic in that they do not relate to specific confinement devices. In all cases except for a Tokamak with D–T fuel the recirculating power was found to exceed the fusion power by a large factor. In this paper we criticize the generality claimed for this calculation. The ratio of circulating power to fusion power is calculated for the Colliding Beam Reactor with fuels D–T, D–He3 and p–B11. The results are respectively, 0.070, 0.141 and 0.493.

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  1. University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697

    Norman Rostoker & Artan Qerushi

  2. TriAlpha Energy Corporation, Foothill Ranch, CA, 92610

    Michl Binderbauer

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Rostoker, N., Qerushi, A. & Binderbauer, M. Colliding Beam Fusion Reactors. Journal of Fusion Energy 22, 83–92 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOFE.0000036407.10861.bc

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