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Evaluation of performance of select fusion experiments and projected reactors
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Miley, G. H. |
| Copyright Year | 1978 |
| Description | The performance of NASA Lewis fusion experiments (SUMMA and Bumpy Torus) is compared with other experiments and that necessary for a power reactor. Key parameters cited are gain (fusion power/input power) and the time average fusion power, both of which may be more significant for real fusion reactors than the commonly used Lawson parameter. The NASA devices are over 10 orders of magnitude below the required powerplant values in both gain and time average power. The best experiments elsewhere are also as much as 4 to 5 orders of magnitude low. However, the NASA experiments compare favorably with other alternate approaches that have received less funding than the mainline experiments. The steady-state character and efficiency of plasma heating are strong advantages of the NASA approach. The problem, though, is to move ahead to experiments of sufficient size to advance in gain and average power parameters. |
| File Size | 1640319 |
| Page Count | 32 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19790002724 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9g49h577 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1978-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Plasma Physics Nasa Programs Reactor Physics Thermonuclear Power Generation Nuclear Fusion Plasma Potentials Efficiency Power Gain Performance Prediction Tokamak Devices Plasma Heating Toroidal Plasmas Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
