Title :
Ball lightning as a route to fusion energy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Ball lightning can have a diameter up to several meters, a lifetime of over 100 s, an energy content in excess of 10 MJ, and an energy density and a kinetic pressure greater than that of a reacting D-T plasma. Some of the properties of ball lightning which commend it to the attention of the fusion community are reviewed. Some potential advantages and applications of ball lightning fusion reactors are discussed
Keywords :
fusion reactor theory and design; lightning; ball lightning; energy density; fusion reactors; kinetic pressure; Application software; Atmosphere; Books; Fusion reactors; Kinetic theory; Laboratories; Lightning; Steady-state; Switchgear; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1989. Proceedings., IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1989.102474
