Assessment of Spherical Tokamak Reactors Comparing with Other Fusion Power Plants
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概要
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The 1-GWe D-T normal-conducting spherical tokamak (ST) reactor is designed using PEC (Physics-Engineering-Cost) system code, and is compared with conventional superconducting tokamak reactor (TR) and other fusion reactors. Especially two reference ST designs and one reference TR design are defined, and their design and environmental parameters are compared. It is found that the cost of electricity (COE), the life-cycle CO2 emission rate and the energy payback ratio (EPR) strongly depend on plasma aspect ratio in ST designs, in contrast to TR designs which are insensitive to plasma aspect ratio. The clarification of plasma beta and confinement improvement factor in ST plasmas is crucial for searching for optimized reactor designs.
- 2012-07-01
著者
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NAGAYAMA Yoshio
National Insitute for Fusion Science
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Yamazaki Kozo
Department Of Nuclear Engineering Faculty Of Engineering University Of Tokyo
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Arimoto Hideki
Department Of Energy Engineering And Science Nagoya University
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Oishi Tetsutarou
Department Of Quantum Engineering And System Science Graduate School Of Engineering The University O
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Oishi Tetsutarou
Nagoya University
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Nagayama Yoshio
National Institute For Fusion Science
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Arimoto Hideki
Nagoya University
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YAMAZAKI Kozo
Nagoya University
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BAN Kanae
Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University
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KONDO Takuya
Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Nagoya University
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Ban Kanae
Department Of Energy Engineering And Science Nagoya University
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Kondo Takuya
Department Of Energy Engineering And Science Nagoya University
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OISHI Tetsutarou
Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8093, Japan
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OISHI Tetsutarou
Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
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YAMAZAKI Kozo
Department of Energy Engineering and Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
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