Pellet acceleration using an ablation-controlled electrothermal launcher
Conference
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OSTI ID:465066
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
The NCSU ablation-controlled electrothermal launcher SIRENS has been used to accelerate plastic (Lexan polycarbonate) pellets to investigate the possibility of using electrothermal launchers as frozen pellet injectors for tokamak fueling. Successful installation of such a device would include a protective shell (sabot) to shield the hydrogenic pellet from ablation and allow it to maintain its integrity throughout the acceleration. The SIRENS device has been modified to include specially designed barrel sections equipped with diagnostic ports.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Department of the Army, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 465066
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950905-; ISBN 0-7803-2969-4; TRN: 97:007574
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 16. IEEE/NPSS symposium on fusion engineering, Champaign, IL (United States), 1-5 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of 1995 IEEE 16. symposium on fusion engineering. Volume 2; Miley, G.H.; Elliott, C. [eds.] [Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States). Fusion Studies Lab.]; PB: 851 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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