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

Technical Report · Mon Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5453905

Kim, Kyekyoon ^[1]

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1. Kevin

This paper discusses the use of a railgun accelerator to inject hydrogen pellets into a magnetic fusion reactor for refueling purposes. Specific studies in this paper include: 1.5 mm-diameter two-stage fuseless plasma-arc-driven electromagnetic railgun, construction and testing of a 3.2 mm-diameter two-stage railgun and a theoretical analysis of the behavior of a railgun plasma-arc armature inside a railgun. (LSP)

• Research Organization: Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Fusion Technology Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-84ER52111
• OSTI ID: 5453905
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/52111-T2; ON: DE88005830
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700205* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Fuel
Heating
& Injection Systems
ACCELERATORS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY BALANCE
EQUATIONS
FUEL SYSTEMS
HYDROGEN
LAPLACE EQUATION
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
MEAN FREE PATH
NONMETALS
OPERATION
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PELLET INJECTION
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROGRESS REPORT
RAILGUN ACCELERATORS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TESTING
VARIATIONAL METHODS