Initial Results on High Enthalpy Plasma Generation in a Magnetized Coaxial Source

R. M. Mayo; M. A. Bourham; R. W. Caress; D. C. Black; M. E. Glover

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A40318

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Initial Results on High Enthalpy Plasma Generation in a Magnetized Coaxial Source

R. M. Mayo, M. A. Bourham, R. W. Caress, D. C. Black, M. E. Glover

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 26 / Number 3P2 / November 1994 / Pages 1221-1225

Fusion Power Reactor, Economic, and Alternate Concept / Proceedings of the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy New Orleans, Louisiana June 19-23, 1994 / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A40318

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Initial investigation on high enthalpy plasma stream generation in the North Carolina State University Coaxial Plasma Source[1] (CPS) facility is presented. Tenuous, yet high enthalpy, flows are produced from this Magnetized Coaxial plasma Gun (MCG) which allow laboratory study of plasma streams with a wide variety of applications. The applicability includes, but is not limited to, advanced thrusters for electric space propulsion, astrophysical jets and critical ionization phenomena, magnetic fusion compact toroid devices and tokamak fueling, large scale plasma etching and deposition, etc.