ECONOMIC BASIS Costing reference year 1992 Construction lead time (y) 6.00 Escalation/general-inflation rate (%/y) [nominal] 0.0500 Escalation/general-inflation rate (%/y) [constant] 0.0000 Ave. cost of money (AFUDC), xCOM (%/y) [nominal] 0.1135 Ave. cost of money (AFUDC), xCOM (%/y) [constant] 0.0605 Capitalization factor, fcap [nominal] 0.5614 Capitalization factor, fcapo [constant] 0.1651 Interest during construction, fIDC [nominal] 0.3178 Interest during construction, fIDC [constant] 0.1652 Dollar discount rate, dis [nominal] 0.0957 Dollar discount rate, diso [constant] 0.0435 Fixed charge rate, FCR [nominal] 0.1637 Fixed charge rate, FCR [constant] 0.0965 FW/B neutron end-of-life fluence (MW yr/m^2) 16.7000 R/M neutron fluence protection/extension factor 3.0000 Acc. # Spares Allowance 21.98 0.0200 22.98 0.0200 23.98 0.0200 24.98 0.0400 25.98 0.0300 26.98 0.0200 27.98 0.0000 Year Price Deflator 1980 1.0000 1981 1.0945 1982 1.1642 1983 1.2133 1984 1.2590 1985 1.3023 1986 1.3363 1987 1.3774 1988 1.4279 1989 1.4879 1990 1.5529 1991 1.6139 1992 1.6584 1993 1.7022 1994 1.7428 1995 1.7829 1996 1.8166 1997 1.8502 1998 1.8692 1999 1.8964 2000 0.0000 Indirect Cost Factors: LSA= 1 2 3 4 Acc.: 91 0.1130 0.1200 0.1280 0.1510 x TDC [90] 92 0.0520 0.0520 0.0520 0.0520 x TDC [90] 93 0.0520 0.0600 0.0640 0.0870 x TDC [90] 94 0.1826 0.1848 0.1866 0.1935 x TDC [90+91+92+93] 95 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 x TDC [90+91+92+93+94] 96 0.2051 0.2391 0.2565 0.2808 x TDC [90+91+92+93+94] 97 0.2651 0.2736 0.2787 0.2915 x TDC [90+91+92+93+94+95+96] 98 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 x TDC [90+91+92+93+94+95+96]
FPC components: volume density frac. cost frac. thick. frac. density (1992) cost (kg/m^3) ($/kg) (m) RAF 0.340 7800.000 1.000 62.438 1.000 Void 0.660 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Total FW 2652.000 62.438 0.000 0.000 breeding zone 0.630 RAF 0.060 7800.000 1.000 62.438 0.596 PbLi 0.790 9400.000 0.000 13.173 0.000 SiC-bulk 0.070 3200.000 1.000 71.012 0.324 Total BL(ib) 752.174 65.213 0.630 breeding zone 0.630 RAF 0.060 7800.000 1.000 62.438 0.596 PbLi 0.790 9400.000 0.000 13.173 0.000 SiC-bulk 0.070 3200.000 1.000 71.012 0.324 RAF 0.080 7800.000 1.000 62.438 0.000 PbLi 0.750 9400.000 0.000 13.173 0.000 SiC-bulk 0.090 3200.000 1.000 71.012 0.000 Total BL(ob) 752.174 65.213 0.630 HT shield 0.320 RAF 0.150 7800.000 1.000 62.438 0.167 Void 0.100 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 B-FS 0.750 7800.000 1.000 62.438 0.833 Total SH(ib) 7020.000 62.438 0.320 HT shield 0.320 RAF 0.150 7800.000 1.000 62.438 0.167 Void 0.100 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 B-FS 0.750 7800.000 1.000 62.438 0.833 Total SH(ob) 7020.000 62.438 0.320 RAF 0.280 7800.000 0.950 62.438 0.536 Void 0.490 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 B-FS 0.230 7800.000 1.000 62.438 0.464 Div System 3868.800 62.438 TF-coil 7500.000 107.794 OH-coil 7500.000 107.794 EF-coil 7500.000 107.794 DF-coil 7500.000 107.794 NB current-drive unit cost ($/W) 0.000 LH current-drive unit cost ($/W) 0.000 FW current-drive unit cost ($/W) 0.000 FW coating material: RAF at operating temperature: 727. DP coating material: W at operating temperature: 727. (deg C) blanket breeder material 6^Li enrichment 0.700
UCSD/LANL fusion reactor economic evaluation (ver. 16.4) LSA=2 25-NOV-07 0 Acc. # Account Title M$ (1992) 20. land & land rights 10.589 21. structures & site facilities 286.395 22. reactor plant equipment 795.716 22. 1. 1. FW/blanket/reflector 2.447 22. 1. 2. shield 29.207 22. 1. 3. magnets 78.440 22. 1. 4. supplemental-heating/CD systems 0.000 22. 1. 5. primary structure & support 19.820 22. 1. 6. reactor vacuum systems(unless integral elsewhere) 12.482 22. 1. 7. power supply, switching & energy storage 134.346 22. 1. 8. impurity control 0.527 22. 1. 9. direct energy conversion system 0.000 22. 1.10. ecrh breakdown system 4.396 22. 1. reactor equipment 281.665 22. 2. main heat transfer & transport systems 336.347 23. turbine plant equipment 269.810 24. electric plant equipment 117.419 25. miscellaneous plant equipment 53.967 26. heat rejection system 49.021 27. special materials 65.830 90. direct cost (not including contingency) 1648.747 91. construction services & equipment 197.850 92. home office engineering & services 85.735 93. field office engineering & services 98.925 94. owner's cost 304.688 96. project contingency 394.215 97. interest during construction (IDC) 451.022 99. total cost 3181.182 0 plant capacity factor, p_f = 0.750 0.800 0.850 0.900 _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ fix var sub fix var sub fix var sub fix var sub Cap. 46.7 0.0 46.7 43.8 0.0 43.8 41.2 0.0 41.2 38.9 0.0 38.9 O&M 8.8 0.6 9.4 8.3 0.6 8.8 7.8 0.6 8.3 7.4 0.6 7.9 SCR 0.0 1.2 1.2 0.0 1.2 1.2 0.0 1.2 1.2 0.0 1.2 1.2 Fuel 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.04 0.04 D&D 0.50 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.50 Oth. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Tot. 56.1 1.8 57.9 52.6 1.8 54.4 49.5 1.8 51.3 46.8 1.8 48.6 --------------------------------------------- const. nominal thermal power (MWth) = 3085.1 unit direct cost ($/kWe) [90]= 1648.8 1648.8 gross elec. power (MWe) = 1326.6 unit overnight cost ($/kWe)[96]= 2730.2 2730.2 net elec. power (MWe) = 1000.0 unit total cost ($/kWe) [99]= 3181.2 4262.9 engineering Q-value, QE = 4.062 capital return (mill/kWeh) = 41.24 93.73 plant availability = 0.8500 O&M(2.28%)(mill/kWeh)[40-47,51]= 8.34 11.18 6.00-yr const.: const. nominal W/B/R replace. (mill/kWeh) [50]= 1.21 1.61 FCR= 0.0965 0.1637 decommissioning (mill/kWeh) = 0.50 0.75 fIDC= 0.1652 0.3178 D (& 3He) fuel (mill/kWeh) [02]= 0.04 0.05 fEDC= 0.0000 0.2436 LSA=2 total COE (mill/kWeh) = 51.33 107.33DS Reversed-Field Pinch Reactor 70071125
1 DS Reversed-Field Pinch Reactor (ver. 12) 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 25-NOV-0
plasma/CD parameters plasma aspect ratio, A 6.500 plasma minor radius (m) 0.596 plasma toroidal major radius (m) 3.873 plasma volume (m^3) 27.144 plasma/first-wall radius ratio, x 0.923 plasma current (MA) 18.263 toroidal current density (MA/m^2) 16.373 plasma ion temperature (keV) 10.000 plasma electron temperature (keV) 9.500 plasma fus. prod. temperature (keV) 65.000 plasma impurity temperature (keV) 10.000 Lawson parameter * t2 (1.0e22 s keV^2/m^3) 1.917 Lawson parameter (1.0e20 s/m^3) 1.917 plasma (total) ion density (1.0e20/m^3) 9.516 plasma electron density (1.0e20/m^3) 9.940 ion (D,T,He3,He4,Xe) density fractions: 0.48484 0.48484 0.00000 0.03000 0.00033 effective plasma charge, Zeff 1.690 global energy confinement time (s) 0.201 alpha ion particle confinement time (steady state) (s) 0.792 thermal diffusivity (m^2/s) 0.330 dt fusion power density (MW/m^3) 94.066 fusion power, Pf (MW) 2553.361 alpha power (MW) 511.253 bremsstrahlung power (MW) 87.620 transport (conduction) power, Pcond (MW) 167.826 plasma internal energy, Wp (MJ) 123.678 core radiation fraction, fradc 0.690 poloidal beta (incl. fus. prods. and imps., Zeff>1.0) 0.220 poloidal beta (only fuel ions and electrons, Zeff=1.0) 0.200 pinch parameter, theta 1.556 reversal parameter, |F| 0.100 streaming parameter (1.0e-14 A m) 1.721 streaming function (1.0e-3) 1.811 plasma ohmic dissipation during burn (MW) 30.121 plasma loop voltage (V) 1.649 gdt, gohm, gbr = 1.401 2.924 1.172 OFCD plasma Poynting power (tor/pol) (MW) 4177.791 260.918 OFCD FW dissipated power (tor/pol) (MW) 0.000 0.012 OFCD blanket dissipated power (tor/pol) (MW) 1.096 0.000 OFCD coil dissipated power (OHC/TFC/PEFC/SEFC) (MW) 0.139 37.122 0.000 2.057 OFCD total dissipated power (tor/pol) (MW) 38.219 2.208 OFCD terminal real(lost) power (OHC/TFC/PEFC/SEFC) (MW) 1.708 57.979 0.000 3.630 OFCD power-supply dissipated power, pcdps (MW) 5.935 OFCD total dissipated power, pcdd (MW) 56.222 OFCD terminal reactive power (OHC/TFC/PEFC/SEFC) (MW) 79.044 394.787 0.000 119.683 OFCD total reactive power, pcdr (MW) 593.514 OFCD power-supply q-value, Q(PS) 100.000 OFCD circuit q-value, Q(C) 10.557 OFCD q-value, Q(CD) 1.867 OFCD efficiency figure of merit (A/W) 0.325
poloidal field quantities OH-coil thickness (m) 0.283 average minor radius of coil (m) 1.595 OH coil center offset 0.439 vertical field (T) 1.612 magnetic field level at the coil (T) 2.290 magnetic field level at the plasma surface (T) 6.130 OH coil back-bias power ratio, fgridp=(IOH+/IOH-)^2 1.000 OH coil factor for resistive flux dissipated in startup 0.110 OH coil factor 0.391 OH-coil current swing (MA) 53.606 OH- coil current (MA) 26.803 OH- coil current density (MA/m^2) 13.102 coil stress (MPa) 109.560 OH+ coil current (MA) 26.803 OH+ coil current density (MA/m^2) 13.102 OH coil power supply requirement (MVA) 528.759 mass of OH coil set (tonne) 373.380 ohmic dissipation during back-bias (MW) 180.109 volumetric heating during back-bias (MW/m^3) 3.618 EF coil current (MA) 21.811 EF coil current density (MA/m^2) 18.486 EF coil power supply requirement (MVA) 588.865 mass of EF coil set (tonne) 347.680 magnetic energy stored in coil (MJ) 5830.739 ohmic dissipation during burn (MW) 0.000 volumetric heating during burn (MW/m^3) 0.000 plasma startup risetime (s) 8.000 Ref,zef,delef (m) = 0.6253E+01 0.2763E+01 0.7681E+00
toroidal field quantities TF-coil thickness (m) 0.038 average minor radius of coil (m) 1.435 mass of coil (tonne) 39.380 initial toroidal bias field (T) 3.581 reversed-toroidal field during the burn (T) 0.394 magnetic energy stored in the coil (MJ) 803.193 TF-coil current (MA) 6.768 TF coil current density (MA/m^2) 11.621 ohmic dissipation during burn (MW) 20.261 volumetric heating during burn (MW/m^3) 3.859
impurity control first-wall surface area (m^3) 98.754 total divertor plate surface area (m^2) N= 3 7.601 first-wall/divertor surface heat flux (MW/m^2) 5.208 3.561 radiation fraction, frad 0.950 scrape-off thickness (m) 0.050 DF-coil current (MA) 2.946 DF coil current density (MA/m^2) 19.840 mass of coil (tonne) 5.499 ohmic dissipation during burn (MW) 143.973
engineering summary thermal conversion efficiency 0.430 auxiliary site power fraction of Pg, faux 0.040 primary loop pumping power fraction of Pg, fpmp 0.040 engineering q-value, QE 4.062 recirculating power fraction, eps=1/QE 0.246 net plant efficiency 0.324 ohmic q-value, Qt 13.994 plasma q-value, Qp 84.770 total thermal power, Pth (MW) 3085.055 fusion power, Pf (MW) 2553.361 tritium burnup (kg/day) 0.392 fractional burnup 0.058 tritium thru-put (no recycle) (kg/day) 6.820 blanket LM 6Li enrichment 0.700 14.06-MeV neutron load, Iw (MW/m^2) 20.679 14.06-MeV neutron energy multiplication in blanket, M 1.150 2.45-MeV neutron load (MW/m^2) 0.000 2.45-MeV neutron energy multiplication in blanket, M 0.000 first-wall radius (m) 0.646 FW/SW/blanket/gap/reflector/gap/shield thickness (m) 0.000 shield/coil gap thickness (m) 0.000 TF-coil thickness (m) 0.038 TF-coil/OH-coil gap thickness (m) 0.000 OH-coil thickness (m) 0.283 minor radius of system (m) 1.736 blanket volume (m^3) 30.603 reflector volume (m^3) 50.727 shield volume (m^3) 27.075 EF-coil shield volume (m^3) 57.295 TF-coil volume (m^3) 5.251 OH-coil volume (m^3) 49.784 EF-coil volume (m^3) 46.357 DF-coil volume (m^3) 0.733 mass of FW/SW/blanket (tonne) 39.598 mass of reflector (tonne) 113.810 mass of OHC shield (tonne) 148.641 mass of EFC shield (tonne) 343.771 mass of TF coil set (tonne) 39.380 mass of OH coil set (tonne) 373.380 mass of EF coil set (tonne) 347.680 mass of DF coil set (tonne) 5.499 total coil-set mass (tonne) 765.939 FPC (FW/SW/B/R/S/C) mass (tonne) 1412.207 mass power density, MPD (kWe/tonne) 708.106 system power density (MWt/m^3) 13.382 mass utilization (tonne/MWt) 0.458 mass of FPC structure (tonne) 685.395 blanket power density (MW/m^3) 25.879 magnetic energy recovery time (s) 2.150