WO2015144190A1 - Verfahren zur generation von elektroenergie durch laser-basierte kernfusion und laser-fusionsreaktor - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for the generation of
- Electric energy based on a fusion of protons with the boronotope 11 by means of laser radiation and magnetic fields and a conversion of energy released by the fusion into electrical energy.
- the invention also relates to a laser fusion reactor, which is set up for generation of electric energy by laser-based fusion of protons with the boronotope 11. Applications of the invention are given in the generation of electrical energy.
- Another method of energy is based on the
- Nuclear fission in which released nuclear energy is first converted into heat and then into electrical energy.
- the operation of nuclear power plants is economically inexpensive, but has the disadvantage that the disposal of radioactive waste is expensive and risky. Furthermore, an operating risk that may be in case of a power plant accident connected to ext ⁇ remen, catastrophic damage there.
- nuclear fusion has so far - in addition to the natural processes in stars - realized only in an uncontrolled manner in the form of the explosion of a fusion bomb. Controllable fusion power plants have been in development for decades, but despite a large
- a well-studied fusion reaction is based on the fusion of heavy hydrogen deuterium (D) and excess hydrogen tritium (T) (D-T fusion).
- this fusion reaction is characterized by the unwanted generation of radioactive radiation, which by the conversion of initially radiationless nuclei of harmless, non-radioactive materials, z. B. in a reactor vessel, created by neutrons in radioactive isotopes.
- HBII reaction fusion reaction of nuclei of hydrogen (H, protons p) with the boron isotope 11, which is called the HBII reaction.
- HBII reaction produces three helium nuclei (alpha particles) with an energy gain of 8.9 MeV. This energy can be converted into heat or electrical energy.
- the HBII reaction has particular advantages in terms of high energy yield, avoiding the radiation problems of the D-T fusion and the virtually inexhaustible availability of the raw materials. With the HBll reaction, even less radioactivity is released per energy produced than when burning coal, which is therefore not a problem and is negligible.
- the combination of laser nuclear fusion with magnetic fields is known, although with the previous magnetic fields below 100 Tesla yields of less than 100 are expected.
- the laser effect on solid-sealed fusion fuel with laser pulses of about ps duration or below aims at the generation of a cylindrical reaction zone, for which fusion was obtained only with said low yields.
- the application of the magnetic fields had been introduced in order to reduce the cylindrical radial losses after the ps laser pulses had to be restricted to a limited range of change by the initiation of a fusion flame by the ignition of an ultrahigh-accelerated plasma by the nonlinear force from an extended plane geometry. in contrast to the Nuckolls-Wood process - and the geometry should run in a cylinder area under the interaction cross section while avoiding radial losses.
- thermonuclear fusion originally proposed thermal processes involving extremely rapid heating of targets with very high thermal pressures to thermally ignite the fusion reaction.
- Nanosecond (nsec) laser pulses with the most powerful laser in the world, as in Livermore, California, reach yields close to breakthrough for a fusion reactor with DT.
- Plasma-hydrodynamic simulations showed in 1978 how laser pulses of 1.5 ps duration and a then realistic intensity of 10 18 W / cm 2 accelerated a 20-wavelength layer of deuterium plasma to speeds of 10 9 cm / s [3]. These were ultra-high accelerations of more than 10 20 cm / s 2 , as described for [2]
- a laser-based nuclear fusion reaction in which fusion fuel is held in the form of capsules with a magnetic field of strength 350 Tesla.
- the nuclear fusion reaction is thermally operating using laser pulses of duration in the ns range.
- An object of the invention is to create an improved method for generation of electric energy by means of nuclear fusion ⁇ ready, can be avoided with the drawbacks and limitations of conventional methods and is, in particular, characterized by an increased energy yield and simplified implementation in practice.
- Another object of the invention is to provide an improved nuclear fusion reactor, with the disadvantages and limitations of conventional techniques can be avoided and is characterized in particular by a simplified, practicable construction.
- the above object is achieved by a method for generation of electric energy by inertial confinement fusion, in which a fusion fuel, preferably containing hydrogen and boron 11, in a magnetic field in a cylindrical Reaction space is maintained and a nuclear fusion reaction in the fusion fuel with fusion laser pulses (also referred to as block fusion laser pulses) is triggered, the pulse duration is less than 10 ps and whose power is more than 1 Petawatt.
- the liberated during nuclear fusion ⁇ from the generated cores energy is converted into electric energy.
- the magnetic field has a field strength which is greater than or equal to 1 kilotesla.
- the nuclear fusion preferably has an energy yield of more than 500, in particular more than 1000, laser energy of the fusion laser pulses which initiates the fusion flame.
- the term fusion flame designates the merger action by picosecond initiation with block ignition (as opposed to thermal fusion detonation).
- the above object is achieved by a nuclear fusion reactor configured to generate electric energy and a magnetic field device configured to hold a fusion fuel and generate a magnetic field in a cylindrical reaction space.
- Laser pulses whose pulse duration is less than 10 ps and whose power is more than 1 petawatts and which is configured to induce fusion in the fusion fuel, and energy conversion means provided for converting the energy released in the fusion from the nuclei generated into power plant output.
- the magnetic field device for generating the magnetic field is configured with a field strength that is greater than or equal to 1 kT.
- Magnetic fields having a field strength of equal to or more than kilotesla are preferably used according to the invention, the fields being particularly preferably controlled by a laser-controlled discharge.
- the radial losses of a magnetically cylindrical reaction space of HBII with subsequent reactions are prevented for the first time in such a way that the high yields are in particular delivered above 1000 and far more, the ps laser pulses having a particularly preferred power of at least Have 10 PW.
- the inventors have found that the magnetic Fields are suitable for reliably containing the expansion of the reaction volume in the ignition of the nuclear fusion.
- the invention offers the advantage of providing for the first time a realistic and economically feasible implementation of a fusion-based, practically inexhaustible and cheap energy source.
- the nuclear fusion reactor of the present invention forms a fusion power plant that is practical.
- the invention provides highly efficient laser nuclear fusion with magnetic channeling, wherein laser-driven nuclear fusion is achieved in yields in excess of 500 by using extremely high magnetic fields.
- ultra-high magnetic fields [11] are used higher than kilotesla compared to conventional methods for generating a more than thirty times higher magnetic field, but instead of the thermally driven in nanoseconds fusion operated with picosecond pulses non-thermally operating Block ignition is used.
- This can be achieved with great difference to all previous methods and arrangements energy yields that lead to the realization of economically operating power plants with a total negligible nuclear radiation.
- the fusion fuel has at least one of the following features.
- the fusion fuel preferably has a solid density up to 20 times compression compared to the uncompressed fuel in analogy to the case of "fast ignition” according to Nuckolls et al.
- the fusion fuel preferably consists of IIB isotopes with stoichiometric up to 15% deviation in light hydrogen
- the fusion fuel preferably consists of a mixture of light hydrogen and boron in each case at least 20% atomic concentration.
- the energy of the cores produced is absorbed by electrostatic fields, further advantages for the energy yield result.
- the fusion energy can be converted directly into electrical energy.
- the kinetic energy of the generated alpha particles is converted directly into electrical energy.
- the reaction space in particular the magnetic field device for forming the reaction space, is preferably surrounded by the energy conversion device, the reaction space having a negative high voltage relative to the energy conversion device.
- the reaction space in particular the magnetic field device, is preferably connected to a high voltage source for generating a negative high voltage relative to the energy conversion device.
- the negative high voltage is at least 1 MV.
- the energy conversion device is at ground potential, there are advantages for the construction of the nuclear fusion reactor and its charging with fusion fuel.
- the power conversion device has the shape of a spherical, electrically conductive enclosure (housing) to the reaction ⁇ space, in particular the magnetic field means.
- the energy conversion device is thereby optimally adapted to the fusion geometry.
- a Faraday cage for shielding the static high-voltage field from the reaction processes is arranged between the energy conversion device and the reaction space with prevention of penetration of the high-voltage field relative to the fusion reaction volume.
- the magnetic field with the field strength greater than or equal to 1 kilotesla can be realized with any available method for generating strong magnetic fields.
- the magnetic field is generated by means of an interaction with discharge laser radiation by a discharge current in electrodes which are coupled via at least one coil, in particular a single coil winding.
- the magnetic field device of the nuclear fusion reactor comprises a pair of electrodes, two coils and a magnetic field pulse laser source arranged to irradiate the electrodes with discharge laser radiation.
- the magnetic field device for holding the fusion fuel by means of electrically insulating threads, for. As quartz, configured on the coils or other support elements of the magnetic field device.
- the magnetic field device is realized with the structure described in [11] by S. Fujioka et al. is described.
- the discharge laser radiation comprises laser pulses (in the following: magnetic field generating laser pulses or magnetic field laser pulses) whose pulse duration is less than 20 ns and whose energy is more than 100 years.
- the magnetic field can be strengthened according to a white ⁇ more advanced embodiment of the invention, by forming the electrodes for generating the magnetic field comprise two spaced-apart plates, between which a magnetic field-absorbing material with a laser pulses Form is arranged, which is adapted to a Rayleigh profile of a generated plasma.
- the material comprises a foam material, such as. Polyethylene, with the double Rayleigh electron density profile of Fig. 10.17 of [3] chosen.
- a block ignition is initiated with the fusion laser pulses.
- the fusion laser pulses preferably have a duration of less than 5 ps and / or a power of at least 1 petawatt.
- the fusion pulse laser source for generating the fusion laser pulses with a duration less than 5 ps comprises a source of the type of the known 10 PW-ps laser arrangement from the Institute of Laser Engineering of Osaka University.
- the fusion laser pulses have a contrast ratio of at least 10. 6
- pre-pulses are suppressed to a time of less than 5 picoseconds before the arrival of a (main) fusion laser pulse to the fusion fuel.
- the fusion fuel is partially or completely enveloped by a cover layer, in particular on one side of the laser plasma interaction, which consists of a material having an atomic weight higher than 100.
- a cover layer in particular on one side of the laser plasma interaction, which consists of a material having an atomic weight higher than 100.
- the cover layer preferably has a thickness equal to or less than 5 ⁇ , and / or it may be formed by vapor deposition.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of an embodiment of the nuclear fusion reactor according to the invention
- Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of the irradiation of a magnetic field device with magnetic field
- a fusion reactor can be equipped with a multiplicity of reaction spaces, each with a magnetic field device for holding fusion fuel.
- the reaction spaces can be alternately operated alternately so as to enable continuous or quasi-continuous generation of electrical energy.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of an embodiment of the nuclear fusion reactor 100 according to the invention which has a magnetic field device 10 for holding a fusion fuel 1 with a magnetic field in a cylindrical reaction space 2, a magnetic pulse laser source 20 for emitting magnetic field laser pulses 3 (or magnetic field generating laser pulses), a fusion pulse laser source 30 for emitting fusion laser pulses 4 (or: block fusion laser pulses), and energy conversion means 40 for converting the energy released from the nuclei generated during nuclear fusion.
- a magnetic field device 10 for holding a fusion fuel 1 with a magnetic field in a cylindrical reaction space 2
- a magnetic pulse laser source 20 for emitting magnetic field laser pulses 3 (or magnetic field generating laser pulses)
- a fusion pulse laser source 30 for emitting fusion laser pulses 4 (or: block fusion laser pulses)
- energy conversion means 40 for converting the energy released from the nuclei generated during nuclear fusion.
- the magnetic field device 10 for generating a magnetic field having a thickness of z. B. 4.5 kT in the reaction chamber 2 comprises two parallel metal plates 11, 12, the z. B. made of nickel, a thickness of z. B. 2 mm and a characteristic extent of z. B. 3 cm.
- the metal plates 11, 12 are connected to each other via electrical conductors which form two windings 13 of a coil.
- One of the metal plates 11 has a hole 14 through which the magnetic ⁇ field laser pulses 3 with a duration of z. B. 1 ns to 2 ns and z. B. 10 kJ energy are radiated.
- the plasma generated by each magnetic field laser pulse 3 generates a current surge in the windings 13 with a magnetic field of a volume of cubic millimeters and a few ns duration.
- the hole 14 is a circular opening in the upper metal plate 11 in FIG. 1.
- the diameter and optionally also the geometric shape of the hole 14 are chosen as a function of properties, in particular the intensity, the diameter and the profile of the magnetic field laser pulses 3.
- the diameter of the hole 14 is, for example, 5 mm. Deviating from the circular shape may be provided, for example, an elliptical shape. Optimization of the hole 14 may be provided to maximize the magnetic field for the highest possible fusion yield.
- the second metal plate 12 facing the hole 14 may be provided with an absorption layer serving to reduce the optical reflection of the magnetic field laser pulses 3 and increase the dielectric properties of the capacitor formed by the metal plates 11.
- the absorption layer (not shown) is disposed on the entire surface of the metal plate 12, and more preferably formed of a foam material, for example polyethylene.
- the foam material is so- ⁇ selected such that after the laser irradiation, an electron density distribution is formed as a double-Rayleigh profile.
- the magnetic field laser pulses 3 are generated with the schematically ge ⁇ showed magnetic pulse laser source 20, the z. B. egg ⁇ nen Nd-YAG laser and other optical components (not shown) for guiding the magnetic field laser pulses 3 toward Mag ⁇ netfeld Stein 10 contains.
- the magnetic field laser pulses 3 of duration in the nanosecond range can be shortened in time by using an iodine laser with a pulse length of 100 ps and / or by shorter laser pulses after CPA power increase.
- this can be used to amplify the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field device 10.
- the fusion pulse laser source 30 is configured to generate the fusion laser pulses 4 with a duration of less than 5 ps and an intensity above 10 19 W / cm 2 .
- the fusion laser pulses 4 preferably have a contrast ratio of at least 10 6 for the duration of less than 5 ps before the fusion laser pulses 4 arrive on the fusion fuel 1. Furthermore, the fusion laser pulses 4 preferably have an intensity distribution which exceeds that Beam cross-section, except in an outer 5% edge region of the beam cross-section, less than 5% variations. This advantageously optimizes the block ignition of the fusion reaction in the fusion fuel 1.
- the said intensity distribution is achieved, for example, by a fusion pulse laser source 30 comprising a bundle of fiber amplifiers, each single fiber having singlemode emission.
- the fusion pulse laser source 30 includes a pulse laser, such as a solid-state pulse laser, for generating ps laser pulses.
- the magnetic field pulse laser source 20 and the fusion pulse laser source 30 are coupled to a controller 50.
- the control device 50 is configured such that the magnetic field laser pulses 3 and the fusion laser pulses 4 are timed to each other. In the reaction space 2, the maximum magnetic field is generated immediately before each one of the fusion laser pulses 4 arrives at the fusion fuel 1.
- the fusion fuel 1 is a solid dense, cylindricity ⁇ shear body based on HB11, for example, a countries ge of 1 cm and a diameter of 0.2 mm.
- the surface of the fusion fuel 1 carries a cover layer on the surface of the laser interaction with a thickness of three laser vacuum wavelengths.
- the topcoat is composed of higher atomic weight elements than 100, for example silver.
- Cover layer is the momentum transfer for the generation of the fusion flame in the fusion fuel 1 improved.
- the fusion fuel 1 is supported in the magnetic field device by quartz filaments.
- the energy conversion device 40 generally comprises an electrically conductive component (shown schematically in dashed lines in FIG. 1, see also FIG. 3), which surrounds the magnetic field device 10 on all sides.
- the magnetic field device 10 is mounted inside the energy conversion device 40 (carrier not shown in FIG. 1, see, for example, carrier rod 44 in FIG.
- the energy converter device 40 is preferably connected to ground potential, while the magnetic field device 10 is acted upon by means of a voltage source 15 with a negative high voltage, for example -1.4 MV.
- the energy converter device 40 is arranged to capture 1 high-energy He nuclei (alpha particles) released in the fusion reaction of the fusion fuel 1 and to convert them into a discharge current by means of DC voltage transfer (HVDC) [16]. With the discharge current is the
- Electrical energy is provided, in which the energy released in the fusion reaction is converted.
- the arrival of the magnetic field laser pulses 3 and fusion laser pulses 4 at the reaction unit, formed by the magnetic field device 10, is also illustrated in FIG.
- the magnetic field device 10 is constructed as described above with reference to FIG. With the magnetic field laser pulses 3, a magnetic field with a field strength of, for example, 10 kT generated.
- the fusion fuel 1 is introduced into the axis of the reaction space 2, equal to the axis of the magnetic field (support with the quartz threads) and subjected to a magnetic field in a time range of nanoseconds. During the duration of the generation of the magnetic field, a block ignition in the fusion fuel 1 is generated with the fusion laser pulse 4.
- the fusion laser pulse 4 has an energy of 30 kJ (corresponding to 30 PW power), so that the products of nuclear fusion (helium nuclei) have an energy of about 1 GJ.
- This energy is electrostatically converted with little energy loss with the energy converter device 40 into electrical power (1 GJ corresponds to approximately 280 kWh).
- this allows the fusion reactor 100 to economically deliver a high electrical current even at a low reaction frequency of one reaction per second.
- the magnetic field device 10 is destroyed by the action of the fusion products, so that for the following fusion reaction, a further magnetic field device 10, fed with fusion fuel, is supplied.
- the direction of incidence of the magnetic field laser pulses 3 can be rotated by an angle of up to 80 ° between normal incidence in the plane spanned by the normal direction of incidence and the normal of the magnetic field, the rotation takes place in the plane which is parallel to the coils 13 ori ⁇ alet.
- FIG. 1 the energy wall ⁇ ler noisy 40 comprises an electrically conductive ball in the midst of the magnetic device 10 according to figure 1 or 2 reasonable is orders.
- the energy conversion device 40 is made of, for example, stainless steel having a thickness of 10 mm and a diameter of at least 1 m.
- the spherical outer vessel of the reactor must be of sufficient size and wall thickness to withstand the mechanical shock of the fusion reaction. This results in the advantage that the mechanical pressure is at the root of the energy of the nuclear reaction divided by the energy in chemical reactions, which factor is about 3000. Shock on a spherical wall, transmitted by an impulse of the sum of generated alpha particles, then corresponds approximately to explosion of 5 grams of TNT.
- all components of the fusion reactor 100 are formed with rounded surfaces which are free of corners and edges.
- this avoids field emission of electrons and the formation of dark discharges.
- the entire assembly is under high vacuum, which is generated by vacuum pumps (not shown).
- the spherical surface of the energy conversion device 40 has a plurality of windows, which include a first window 41 for irradiating the magnetic field laser pulses 3, a second window 42 for irradiating the fusion laser pulses 4 and a third
- Window 43 for charging the energy converter device 40 with the magnetic field device 10 and the fusion fuel 1 include. Since the interior of the energy converter device 40 is evacuated, the first window 41 and the second window 42 are replaced by pressure-tight, transparent panes, e.g. B. off
- the third window 43 is open and pressure-tightly coupled to an adjacent container and serves to supply and support the central magnetic field device 10 (reaction unit).
- This is on a rod-shaped fuel fabric carrier 44 is provided, which is loaded outside the energy converter device 40 with the fusion fuel 1, in particular free-floating and located in the spherical center, is introduced.
- the fuel carrier 44 and the magnetic field device 10 are at a potential of -1.4 MV relative to the energy conversion device 40 at ground potential.
- the fuel carrier 44 has, for example, the shape of a rod with a length of at least half the diameter of the energy conversion device 40.
- a spherical or otherwise, z. B. irregularly shaped Faraday cage 45 is provided which includes the magnetic field device 10.
- the Faraday cage 45, z. B. in the form of a mesh or grating, has the task that the static high current field does not affect the processes in the generation of the magnetic field of the magnetic field device.
- the energy converter device 40 is completely shielded by the Faraday cage 45.
- the fuel carrier 44 with the magnetic field device 10 and the fusion fuel 1 at the electric potential of 1.4 MV comes from the adjacent container, the
- a magnetic field device 10, charged with fusion fuel 1 is successively repeatedly introduced into the energy conversion device 40, exposed to the magnetic field generating laser pulses for generating the magnetic field, during the generation of the magnetic field, the block fusion laser pulses for block fusion and then replaced by a new magnetic field device 10 charged with fusion fuel 1.
- the double-charged alpha particles of the same energy (helium nuclei) generated in each fusion reaction reach the spherical energy converter device 40 through the mesh of the Faraday cage 45 and release its kinetic energy at the energy converter device 40.
- the energy of the alpha particles is available, and when charged to -1.4 MV, the energy is provided as a sec- ondary discharge current of 714 A by means of the high-voltage DC transmission technique known from [16].
- the conversion of the high-voltage direct current into conventional three-phase current is accomplished in a known manner as in the HVDC technology [16].
- Fusion fuel can be held at fractions of the cost of the generated electrical energy.
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