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The uncompressed radius of the fuel pellet of Sample Problem 43.05 is 20m. Suppose that the compressed fuel pellet 鈥渂urns鈥 with an efficiency of 10%鈥攖hat is, only 10% of the deuterons and 10% of the tritons participate in the fusion reaction of Eq. 43-15. (a) How much energy is released in each such micro explosion of a pellet? (b) To how much TNT is each such pellet equivalent? The heat of combustion of TNT is 4.6 MJ/kg . (c) If a fusion reactor is constructed on the basis of 100 micro explosions per second, what power would be generated? (Part of this power would be used to operate the lasers.)

Short Answer

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a) The energy released in micro-explosionis 227 J .

b) The amount of TNT required is 49.3 mg.

c) The power generated is 22.7 kW.

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01

Describe the expression for energy released in micro-explosion

The mass is given by,

m=V=43蟺谤3

Here, p is density, and V is volume.

There are equal numbers of H2andH3present, therefore the expression for the number of H2andH3is given by,

N2H=N2H=NAmM2H+M3H

Each fusion reaction releases Q=17.59 MeV of energy, with 10% efficiency, then the total energy released by the pellet is given by,

E=0.10N2HQ=0.10(NAmM2H+M3H)Q=4(0.10)蟺谤3蚁NAQ3(M2H+M3H).....(1)

02

Find the energy released in micro-explosion

(a)

The molar mass M2Hof deuterium atoms is 2.010-3kg/mol, and the molar mass m3Hof tritium atoms is 3.010-3kg/mol. The uncompressed radius of the fuel pellet is 20mand its density is =200kg/m3.

Substitute all the known values in equation (1).

E=40.102010-6m3200kg/m36.0221023mol-117.59MeV32.010-3kg/mol+3.010-3kg/mol=1.421015MeV=1.4211015Mev1.6021013J/MeV227J

Therefore, the energy released in micro-explosionis 227 J.

03

Find the amount of TNT

(b)

The expression to calculate the amount of TNT is given by,

m=EETNT......2

Substitute all the known values in equation (2).

m=227J4.6106J=4.9310-5kg=49.3mg

Therefore, the amount of TNT required is 49.3 mg.

04

Find the power generated

(c)

The expression to calculate power generated is given by,

P=dNdtE.......3

Substitute all the known values in equation (3).

P=100s-1227J=22700W=22.7KW

Therefore, the power generated is 22.7 kW.

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