Study of advanced railgun hydrogen pellet injectors for fusion reactor refueling

An advanced railgun system has been developed to assess its feasibility as a hypervelocity hydrogen pellet injector for magnetically confined plasmas. It consists of a pellet generator/gas gun assembly for freezing hydrogen pellets and injecting them into the railgun at velocities as high as 1.5 km/s. A plasma armature is formed by ionizing the low-Z propellant gas behind the pellet and firing the railgun. This fuseless operation prevents high-Z impurities from entering the reactor during pellet injection.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• King, Tony Levone

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kim, Kyekyoon

• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
• Physics, Electricity and Magnetism
• Physics, Fluid and Plasma
• Energy

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 King, Tony Levone

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9512429
(UMI)AAI9512429

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23335