About an Extreme Achievable Current in Plasma Focus Installation of Mather Type

Journal Article · Sun Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2168838· OSTI ID:20797913

Nikulin, V Ya; Polukhin, S N ^[1]; Vikhrev, V V ^[2]

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1. P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Leninsky pr.53, 119991, Moscow (Russian Federation)
2. Nuclear Fusion Institute, RRC 'Kurchatov Institute', Kurchatov sq. 1, 123182, Moscow (Russian Federation)

A computer simulation and analytical analysis of the discharge process in Plasma Focus has shown that there is an upper limit to the current which can be achieved in Plasma Focus installation of Mather type by only increasing the capacity of the condenser bank. The maximum current achieved for various plasma focus installations of 1 MJ level is discussed. For example, for the PF-1000 (IFPiLM) and 1 MJ Frascati PF, the maximum current is near 2 MA. Thus, the commonly used method of increasing the energy of the PF installation by increasing of the capacity has no merit. Alternative options in order to increase the current are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 20797913
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 812, Issue 1; Conference: PLASMA 2005: International conference on research and applications of plasmas; 3. German-Polish conference on plasma diagnostics for fusion and applications; 5. French-Polish seminar on thermal plasma in space and laboratory, Opole-Turawa (Poland), 6-9 Sep 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2168838; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
NEUTRONS
PLASMA FOCUS
PLASMA FOCUS DEVICES
PLASMA SIMULATION