Electric power flow in a nuclear fusion power plant

Matsukawa, Makoto; Tobita, Kenji; Chikaraishi, Hirotaka*; Sagara, Akio*; Norimatsu, Takayoshi*

Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 80(7), p.559 - 562, 2004/07

https://doi.org/10.1585/jspf.80.559

Final purpose of the fusion energy development is to utilize the produced fusion power mainly as electric power for the easiness of transmission and conversion. In spite of the type of fusion power plant, large circulating electric power should exist in the plant for the plasma heating, current drive. This paper describes the electric power flow in the nuclear fusion power plants to be built as the DEMO reactor beyond ITER. Here, the necessity of the local energy storage and high efficient converter will be also discussed.