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Frederick B. Marcus

Systems Approaches to Nuclear Fusion Reactors

Frederick B. Marcus

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Springer International Publishing AG
03 January 2024
Plasma physics; Nuclear structure physics
Series: Springer Series in Plasma Science and Technology
This book offers an overall review, applying systems engineering and architecture approaches, of the design, optimization, operation and results of leading fusion experiments. These approaches provide a unified means of evaluating reactor design. Methodologies are developed for more coherent construction or evaluation of fusion devices, associated experiments and operating procedures. The main focus is on tokamaks, with almost all machines and their important results being integrated into a systems design space.  Case studies focus on DIII-D, TCV, JET, WEST, the fusion reactor prototype ITER and the EU DEMO concept. Stellarator, Mirror and Laser inertial confinement experiments are similarly analysed, including reactor implications of breakeven at NIF.

The book examines the engineering and physics design and optimization process for each machine, analysing their performance and major results achieved, thus establishing a basis for the improvement of future machines. The reader will gain a broad historical and up-to-date perspective of the status of nuclear fusion research from both an engineering and physics point of view. Explanations are given of the computational tools needed to design and operate successful experiments and reactor-relevant machines.

This book is aimed at both graduate students and practitioners of nuclear fusion science and engineering, as well as those specializing in other fields demanding large and integrated experimental equipment. Systems engineers will obtain valuable insights into fusion applications. References are given to associated complex mathematical derivations, which are beyond the scope of this book. The general reader interested in nuclear fusion will find here an accessible summary of the current state of nuclear fusion. 
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Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication:   Switzerland
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm, 
Weight:   753g
ISBN:   9783031177132
ISBN 10:   3031177134
Series:   Springer Series in Plasma Science and Technology
Pages:   470
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction to systems approaches and nuclear fusion.- Doublet III and DIII-D – robustness and adaptation.- TCV – A case study in systems approaches and robustness.-  JET and fusion plasmas – systems optimization.- ITER – fusion proto-reactor and large scale systems integration.- Mirrors and other reactor concepts.- Alternative systems approaches.- Conclusions on systems approaches.

Frederick B Marcus graduated from MIT with high honours in physics, and obtained a doctorate in plasma physics from the University of Oxford, followed by a post-doc at Oxford and the UKAEA Culham Laboratory on the Superconducting Levitron. At the Oak Ridge National Lab, a detailed design was produced of a potential Tokamak fusion reactor, after which the author worked at General Atomics on the Doublet III experiment. At the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne, he was responsible for the physics and engineering design and initial construction phase of TCV. At the European Commission fusion project JET at Culham, he developed and operated neutron diagnostics and was scientific secretary for designing and carrying out the high power deuterium-tritium fusion experiments.  After JET, he supervised European projects on systems approaches to computational biology.

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