ife_variables Module

Total number of materials in IFE device. Material numbers are as follows:

• =0 void
• =1 steel
• =2 carbon cloth
• =3 FLiBe
• =4 lithium oxide Li2O
• =5 concrete
• =6 helium
• =7 xenon
• =8 lithium

radial thickness of IFE blanket (m; calculated if ifetyp=4)

radial thickness of IFE curtain (m; ifetyp=4)

vertical thickness of IFE blanket below chamber (m)

vertical thickness of IFE blanket above chamber (m)

IFE blanket material fractions

IFE blanket material masses (kg)

IFE blanket material volumes (m3)

IFE blanket volume (m3)

IFE generic/laser driver cost at edrive=0 (M$)

IFE low energy heavy ion beam driver cost extrapolated to edrive=0 (M$)

IFE high energy heavy ion beam driver cost extrapolated to edrive=0 (M$)

IFE driver cost ($/J wall plug) (ifedrv==3)

vertical thickness of IFE chamber below centre (m)

vertical thickness of IFE chamber above centre (m)

IFE chamber material fractions

IFE chamber material masses (kg)

IFE chamber material volumes (m3)

radius of IFE chamber (m) (iteration variable 84)

IFE chamber volume (m3)

IFE generic/laser driver cost gradient (M$/MJ)

HIB driver cost gradient at low energy (M$/MJ)

HIB driver cost gradient at high energy (M$/MJ)

IFE driver wall plug to target efficiency (ifedrv=0,3) (iteration variable 82)

IFE driver energy (J) (iteration variable 81)

IFE driver wall plug to target efficiency

IFE lithium pump wall plug efficiency (ifetyp=4)

IFE driver efficiency vs driver energy (ifedrv=-1)

fraction of gross electric power to balance-of-plant (IFE)

fraction of breeder external to device core

IFE burn fraction (fraction of tritium fused/target)

radius of FLiBe/lithium inlet (m) (ifetyp=3,4)

f-value for maximum IFE repetition rate (constraint equation 50, iteration variable 86)

radial thickness of IFE first wall (m)

vertical thickness of IFE first wall below chamber (m)

vertical thickness of IFE first wall above chamber (m)

IFE first wall material fractions

IFE first wall material masses (kg)

IFE first wall material volumes (kg)

IFE first wall volume (m3)

IFE target gain

IFE target gain vs driver energy (ifedrv=-1)

IFE heat transport system electrical pump power (MW)

Switch for IFE option:

• =0 use tokamak, RFP or stellarator model
• =1 use IFE model

Switch for type of IFE driver:

• =-1 use gainve, etave for gain and driver efficiency
• =0 use tgain, drveff for gain and driver efficiency
• =1 use laser driver based on SOMBRERO design
• =2 use heavy ion beam driver based on OSIRIS
• =3 Input pfusife, rrin and drveff

Switch for type of IFE device build:

• =0 generic (cylindrical) build
• =1 OSIRIS-like build
• =2 SOMBRERO-like build
• =3 HYLIFE-II-like build
• =4 2019 build

IFE lithium pump power (MW; ifetyp=4)

IFE driver cost multiplier

total mass of FLiBe (kg)

IFE driver power reaching target (W) (iteration variable 85)

IFE input fusion power (MW) (ifedrv=3 only; itv 155)

IFE cryogenic power requirements (MW)

IFE target factory power at 6 Hz repetition rate (MW)

IFE device radial build (m)

IFE device radial build (m)

IFE device radial build (m)

IFE device radial build (m)

IFE device radial build (m)

IFE device radial build (m)

IFE device radial build (m)

IFE driver repetition rate (Hz)

Input IFE repetition rate (Hz) (ifedrv=3 only; itv 156)

maximum IFE repetition rate (Hz)

radial thickness of IFE shield (m)

vertical thickness of IFE shield below chamber (m)

vertical thickness of IFE shield above chamber (m)

IFE shield material fractions

IFE shield material masses (kg)

IFE shield material volumes (kg)

IFE shield volume (m3)

radius of cylindrical blanket section below chamber (ifetyp=2)

radius of cylindrical blanket section above chamber (ifetyp=2)

Lithium Fall Time (s)

IFE target delivery system power (MW)

IFE target factory power (MW)

IFE target gain (if ifedrv = 0) (iteration variable 83)

cost of carbon cloth ($/kg)

cost of concrete ($/kg)

cost of FLiBe ($/kg)

cost of IFE target ($/target)

radial thickness of IFE void between first wall and blanket (m)

vertical thickness of IFE void 1 below chamber (m)

vertical thickness of IFE void 1 above chamber (m)

IFE void 1 material fractions

IFE void 1 material masses (kg)

IFE void 1 material volumes (kg)

IFE void 1 volume (m3)

radial thickness of IFE void between blanket and shield (m)

vertical thickness of IFE void 2 below chamber (m)

vertical thickness of IFE void 2 above chamber (m)

IFE void 2 material fractions

IFE void 2 material masses (kg)

IFE void 2 material volumes (kg)

IFE void 2 volume (m3)

radial thickness of IFE void outside shield (m)

vertical thickness of IFE void 3 below chamber (m)

vertical thickness of IFE void 3 above chamber (m)

IFE void 3 material fractions

IFE void 3 material masses (kg)

IFE void 3 material volumes (kg)

IFE void 3 volume (m3)

IFE vertical build below centre (m)

IFE vertical build below centre (m)

IFE vertical build below centre (m)

IFE vertical build below centre (m)

IFE vertical build below centre (m)

IFE vertical build below centre (m)

IFE vertical build below centre (m)

IFE vertical build above centre (m)

IFE vertical build above centre (m)

IFE vertical build above centre (m)

IFE vertical build above centre (m)

IFE vertical build above centre (m)

IFE vertical build above centre (m)

IFE vertical build above centre (m)