Title :
On the possibility of magnetically confined plasma to reach breakeven or ignition conditions
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. An analysis of the conditions for breakeven done under the assumption that the heat losses are governed by heat transfer theory, rather than through the 3nkT//spl tau//sub E/ term, leads to the following two expressions for breakeven (/spl alpha/ particles escape), or ignition (/spl alpha/ particles retained), respectively. In conclusion, a magnetically confined plasma cannot reach breakeven or ignition.
Keywords :
plasma confinement; /spl alpha/ particles escape; /spl alpha/ particles retaining; breakeven conditions; heat losses; heat transfer theory; ignition conditions; magnetically confined plasma; Fuels; Heat transfer; Ignition; Magnetic confinement; Magnetic fields; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma displays; Plasma temperature; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1996. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3322-5
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1996.550241
