LAPSE:2019.0840
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LAPSE:2019.0840
Simulation of the Gas Filling and Evacuation Processes in an Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Hohlraum
Liangyu Wu, Hua Zhou, Cheng Yu, Feng Yao
July 30, 2019
In indirect inertial confinement fusion (ICF), the prediction of gas pressures and mass flow rates in the hohlraum is critical for fielding the hohlraum film and the support tent. To this end, it is desirable to understand the gas filling and evacuation process through the microcapillary fill tube and the support tent. In this work, a unified flow simulation of the filling and evacuation processes through the microcapillary fill tube and the support tent in an ICF hohlraum was conducted to study the gas pressure and mass flow rate in the hohlraum. The effects of the support tent size and the microcapillary fill tube size on the critical pressure variation and pressure difference across the hole on the support tent are examined. The results indicate that an increase in the diameter of the hole and the hole number leads to a smaller pressure difference across the hole on the support tent. If the diameter of the hole on the support tent is larger than 0.06 mm, the critical pressure variation rate is nearly independent of the diameter and the hole number. Increases in the diameter and decreases in the length of the microcapillary fill tube induce a larger critical pressure variation rate and pressure difference across the hole, which is conductive to fielding the hohlraum film.
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evacuation, filling, hohlraum, inertial confinement fusion, Knudsen regime, microcapillary tube
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Wu L, Zhou H, Yu C, Yao F. Simulation of the Gas Filling and Evacuation Processes in an Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) Hohlraum. (2019). LAPSE:2019.0840
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Wu L: School of Hydraulic, Energy and Power Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China
Zhou H: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Heat Fluid Flow Technology and Energy Application, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
Yu C: School of Hydraulic, Energy and Power Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China; Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Yao F: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Heat Fluid Flow Technology and Energy Application, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China [ORCID]
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Processes
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7
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5
Article Number
E269
Year
2019
Publication Date
2019-05-08
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2227-9717
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