INFROTON Modular Fusion Power Plant

Module Output	22 MWe	44 MWe	68 MWe	96 MWe
For Own Use	2 MWe	4 MWe	8 MWe	16 MWe
For Sale	20 MWe	40 MWe	60 MWe	80 MWe
Shot Speed	1 Hz	2 Hz	3 Hz	4 Hz
Cost (million USD)	120	240	360	480

Electricity Production Cost: 6,5 USD/MWh
Reactor and laser size: min. 2,4m x 3,5m x 12m
Energy Converter size: min. 2,4m x 3,5m x 12m

Capsule Power Plant

Energy Cycle

To drive a power plant with a net power of 20 MW, 100 MW of fusion power is required, considering the 50% efficiency of the heat exchanger-turbine-generator, the 10% efficiency of the driving lasers, and the energy supply to other parts of the power plant. This requires the use of 3600 capsules per hour and the release of 100 MJ of fusion energy per capsule.

Capsule Reactor

The central element of the power plant is the 1.5-meter-diameter reactor, which floats in a continuously flowing liquid metal bath, so it can withstand extreme conditions and can absorb high-energy particles from fusion reactions, including neutrons. The heated liquid metal releases energy through a heat exchanger, which is converted into electricity in a steam turbine.

The operation of the reactor is extremely simple. The capsules, which have been stimulated with a laser to fusion conditions, are shot into a Lead melt circulated at high speed.

Capsule Reactor

The molten Pb pump then pushes in a larger amount of melt, closing the top of the conical cavity.

A fusion explosion occurs in the melt every second. During the process, the resulting neutrons and alpha radiation are used for energy production.

Capsule

The rugby ball-shaped capsule, filled with 1 mg of deuterium fuel, with two internal rapid ignition cones and laser entry windows, is made of 20 μm thick copper and 10 μm transparent polymer.

Compression

Whispering-gallery-mode beams introduced into the capsule filled with fusion fuel generate a plasma compression mirror magnetic field and secondary radiation exploding toward the center.

Fast Ignition

The ignition radiation (black arrows) is created by laser injection (red arrows) into the underdense plasma in the cones using the principle of wakefield acceleration. The proton radiation is compressed and focused by a conical magnetic field created by two whispering gallery-mode laser beams fired into the cone.

Plasma-Drop Reactor

The small, typically 2 mm diameter reactor space with an internal fast ignition cone and laser inlet windows was equipped with a fusion plasma exit nozzle.

Suction

We use a magnetic field generated by whispering gallery mode radiation and secondary radiation to seal the inflowing plasma from escaping on the inlet side of the nozzle.

Compression, Fast Ignition

We compress the plasma with the mirror magnetic field and the secondary radiation generated by the whispering gallery operating mode beam, and then ignite the plasma with the ignition radiation as described earlier.

Fusion, Exhaust

The burning of the plasma, the process of fusion, the generation of energy lasts for 10 ns until the mirror magnetic field persists.

Energy Extraction with Heat Exchanger

From 1 mg of burning fusion fuel, at least 150 MJ of energy is transferred in a heat exchanger, from which electricity is generated.

Bubble-Drop Pre-Compression

With a specular magnetic field controlled by whispering gallery mode radiation, we compressed to fusion conditions and drift the bubble drops towards the nozzle.

Bubble-Drop Compression, Fusion, Exhaust

With a magnetic field generated by whispering gallery mode radiation, the bubble-droplet is compressed to fusion density at the inlet side of the nozzle. After the fusion, the bubble-droplet plasma expands and leaves the reactor through the nozzle. If we lead the burning and expanding fusion bubble-droplet plasma into outer space, we generate thrust for rockets, if we lead it into a heat exchanger, we generate electricity by interposing a steam turbine.