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Engineering Breakeven

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The Lawson criterion describing influences of the fusion power plant technology is referred to as the engineering breakeven. The engineering breakeven criterion specifies the minimal fusion power plant design parameters required for production of useful energy. The present paper defines the engineering breakeven criterion and brings two different formulations of the criterion. Using the derived engineering breakeven criterion, ten European DEMO fusion power plant models are evaluated. The analysis shows parameters of the current models as suitable in terms of the engineering breakeven criterion.

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The investigated DEMO1 and DEMO2 models are not official DEMO reference cases in the framework of the European DEMO conceptual design development. This work has been supported by the SUSEN Project CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0108 (ERDF).

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Entler, S. Engineering Breakeven. J Fusion Energ 34, 513–518 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-014-9830-2

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