Find the amount of utilization of lithium per year to produce tritium.
Answer to Problem 1P
The mass of Lithium is
Explanation of Solution
Take the world’s total primary energy use as
The energy per d-t fusion is
The additional energy released from breeding reaction is
Calculation:
Find the total energy per d-t fusion as follows:
Convert the unit from MeV to J.
Find the required World’s primary energy as follows:
Every d-t fusion needs 1 tritium molecules, which is generates from one
The world energy needs require
Consider
Consider that the mass of one Li atom is
Find the amount of utilization of lithium per year to produce tritium as follows:
The amount of utilization of lithium per year to produce tritium is
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