FRICTION HEAT MANAGEMENT INJECTION SUPPORT RINGS FOR IFE HOHLRAUMS

摘要

A target for a fusion reactor operating under LIFE reactor conditions. The target may have a hohlraum having a central portion, an upper target half, and a lower target half, which help define a cylinder with a high-Z material on the inner walls. An inner bore is formed by the central portion, upper target half, and lower target half, and defined by the inner wall of the cylinder. A capsule is suspended in the central portion of the bore by two plastic membranes on the ends of the upper and lower target halves. First and second support rings disposed on the outsides of the target halves engage a wall of a barrel through which the target is propelled. The support rings are of material having a lower thermal conductance than the material of the cylinder walls.