• DocumentCode
    2908643
  • Title

    On the possibility of magnetically confined plasma to reach breakeven or ignition conditions

  • Author

    Panarella, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    3-5 June 1996
  • Firstpage
    110
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Plasma Science, 1996. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1996 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0730-9244
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3322-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PLASMA.1996.550241
  • Filename
    550241