Matching an Inductive Accumulator and a System of Acceleration of a Liner with Limitation of the Breaking Voltage,

Abstract

In this work calculations are made of the efficiencies of acceleration of a liner from an inductive accumulator in the mode theta-pinch and Z-pinch. Consideration of the limitations with repsect to maximum power and voltage which the breakers are able to withstand leads to a limitation with respect to the speed of the liner. Estimations have been made of the necessary power at the moment of switching the current on the basis of considerations of the stability of the pinch effect of the liner. The level of energies necessary for the creation of a thermonuclear reactor on the basis of theta-pinch with a liner, at least for a demonstration reactor, lies somewhere near several dozen megajoules. It is clear that it is difficult to build condenser batteries for such energies. Therefore the most promising source for such experiments is inductive accumulators.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 17, 1975
Accession Number
ADA019218

Entities

People

  • I. A. Ivanov
  • V. F. Levashov
  • V. G. Belan
  • Ye. A. Zotova

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accumulators
  • Demonstrations
  • Efficiency
  • Pinch Effect
  • Plasma Control
  • Plasmas (Physics)
  • Switching
  • Z-Pinches

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design