Estimating and projecting operating fields for liquid dielectrics in KrF laser fusion power plants

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 1967-1974

  Smith, I ^a   Weidenheimer, D ^a   Morton, D ^a   Schlitt, L ^b  

^a TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Leland Schlitt Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Area effects; Electric breakdown; Liquid; Polarity effects; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; FUSION REACTORS; GAS LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; WATER;

AREA EFFECTS; FUSION POWER PLANTS; KRYPTON FLUORIDE LASER; LIQUID DIELECTRICS; POLARITY EFFECTS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0036826830     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.805335     Document Type: Article

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