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Title: Application of railgun principle to high-velocity hydrogen pellet injection for magnetic fusion reactor refueling. Technical progress report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6414307

Using a tungsten-needle arc initiator in conjunction with Paschen curves characteristics hydrogen pellets have been accelerated with a two-stage electromagnetic railgun system. This scheme produced velocities on the order of 1.6 km/s. The effects on performance of the bore size have been studied. Questions of pretriggering, misfiring, plasma-arc stalling, railgun geometry, and railgun currents have been addressed. 1 tab. (WRF)

Research Organization:
Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Fusion Technology Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-84ER52111
OSTI ID:
6414307
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/52111-T1; ON: DE86005153
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English