Installation and operation of cryoliners in the TMX vacuum system

Conference · Mon Nov 12 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5573169

Jolly, J; Parkinson, J; Swan, D

The Tandem Mirror Experiment (TMX) at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory is an experiment to test a new design for harnessing fusion energy. Two magnetic mirrors, each about the size as that now used in 2XIIB, will be placed at either end of a 5.5 meter-long cylindrical magnetic (solenoid) region. A high-density plasma is created within the mirrors and a somewhat lower density plasma maintained in the central region. Scientists believe that the strong electrical force produced in the mirrors will seal the ends of the solenoid and retard ions trying to escape the central plasma. Thus long confinement times are expected within the solenoid, where fusion energy would be produced.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5573169
• Report Number(s): UCRL-82886; CONF-791102-101
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
CRYOGENICS
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
INSTALLATION
LINERS
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
OPERATION
SOLENOIDS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TMX DEVICES
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