How the Cost of Electricity Varies with Laser Efficiency and Target Gain

Abstract

The cost of electricity in a laser fusion power plant is relatively insensitive to the efficiency of the laser, if the target gain is approximately 110. The cost of electricity will be more sensitive to laser parameters such as the beam uniformity, the operation and maintenance costs, and the capital costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA354049

Entities

People

  • Stephen E. Bodner

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Bandwidth
  • Efficiency
  • Electric Power
  • Electrical Grids
  • Electricity
  • Energy
  • Krypton Fluoride Lasers
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Load Monitoring
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Military Research
  • Power
  • Repetition Rate
  • Solid State Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy