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Some Proposed Solutions to Achieve Nuclear Fusion

Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu1, Aversa Raffaella2, Samuel Kozaitis3, Apicella Antonio2 and Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu1
  • 1 Bucharest Polytechnic University, Romania
  • 2 Second University of Naples, Italy
  • 3 Florida Institute of Technology, United States

Abstract

Despite research carried out around the world since the 1950s, no industrial application of fusion to energy production has yet succeeded, apart from nuclear weapons with the H-bomb, since this application does not aims at containing and controlling the reaction produced. There are, however, some other less mediated uses, such as neutron generators. The fusion of light nuclei releases enormous amounts of energy from the attraction between the nucleons due to the strong interaction (nuclear binding energy). Fusion it is with nuclear fission one of the two main types of nuclear reactions applied. The mass of the new atom obtained by the fusion is less than the sum of the masses of the two light atoms. In the process of fusion, part of the mass is transformed into energy in its simplest form: Heat. This loss is explained by the Einstein known formula E = mc2. Unlike nuclear fission, the fusion products themselves (mainly helium 4) are not radioactive, but when the reaction is used to emit fast neutrons, they can transform the nuclei that capture them into isotopes that some of them can be radioactive. In order to be able to start and to be maintained with the success the nuclear fusion reactions, it is first necessary to know all this reactions very well. This means that it is necessary to know both the main reactions that may take place in a nuclear reactor and their sense and effects. The main aim is to choose and coupling the most convenient reactions, forcing by technical means for their production in the reactor. Taking into account that there are a multitude of possible variants, it is necessary to consider in advance the solutions that we consider them optimal. The paper takes into account both variants of nuclear fusion and cold and hot. For each variant will be mentioned the minimum necessary specifications.

American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Volume 10 No. 3, 2017, 703-708

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2017.703.708

Submitted On: 6 July 2017 Published On: 20 July 2017

How to Cite: Petrescu, R. V. V., Raffaella, A., Kozaitis, S., Antonio, A. & Petrescu, F. I. T. (2017). Some Proposed Solutions to Achieve Nuclear Fusion. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 10(3), 703-708. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2017.703.708

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Keywords

  • Nuclear Fusion
  • Cold Nuclear Fusion
  • Thermonuclear Reaction
  • Possible Nuclear Reactions
  • Nuclear Power
  • Some Fusion Solutions
  • Dynamic Synthesis
  • Forces
  • Velocities
  • Powers
  • Dimensions