In September 2013 the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) organization awarded a phase I contract to the PuFF team. Our phase 1 proposal researched a pulsed fission-fusion propulsion system that compressed a target of deuterium (D) and tritium (T) as a mixture in a column, surrounded concentrically by Uranium. The target is surrounded by liquid lithium. A high power current would flow down the liquid lithium and the resulting Lorentz force would compress the column by roughly a factor of 10. The compressed column would reach criticality and a combination of fission and fusion reactions would occur. Our Phase I results, summarized herein, review our estimates of engine and vehicle performance, our work to date to model the fission-fusion reaction, and our initial efforts in experimental analysis.


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    Titel :

    Developing the Pulsed Fission-Fusion (PuFF) Engine


    Beteiligte:
    Adams, Robert B. (Autor:in) / Cassibry, Jason (Autor:in) / Bradley, David (Autor:in) / Fabisinski, Leo (Autor:in) / Statham, Geoffrey (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum ; 2014 ; Cleveland, OH, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014-07-28


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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