Magnetic fusion energy : from experiments to power plants / edited by George H. Neilson.

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English
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Duxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA : Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
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xviii, 613 pages ; 24 cm

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    • Woodhead Publishing in energy ; no. 99. [More in this series]
    • Woodhead publishing series in energy ; number 99
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    Part 1. Magnetic Fusion Issues 1. Introduction: The Path to Magnetic Fusion Energy 2. Plasma Performance, Burn, and Sustainment 3. Plasma Exhaust 4. Power Extraction and Tritium Self-Sufficiency Part 2. Experiments: scientific foundations for ITER 5. ASDEX-U (operating) 6. DIII-D (operating) 7. TFTR (operated until 1997) 8. JET (operating) 9. Tore Supra / WEST (operated until recently, being converted to WEST) 10. Alcator C-Mod (operating) Part 3. Experiments: developing the basis for going beyond ITER 11. NSTX-U (operating) 12. MAST (operating) 13. EAST (operating) 14. JT-60SA (under construction) 15. LHD (operating) 16. Wendelstein 7-X (under construction; to start operating in 2015) Part 4. Key technological elements of magnetic fusion energy power plants 17. Magnets for magnetic fusion power plants 18. Heating and fueling of magnetic fusion power plants 19. Diagnostics for magnetic fusion power plants 20. Plasma-Facing Components for magnetic fusion power plants 21. Blankets for magnetic fusion power plants Part 5. ITER and future fusion power plants 22. ITER: a unique step in the development of fusion energy (under construction) 23. Tokamak fusion power plants 24. Stellarator fusion power plants.
    ISBN
    • 9780081003152 ((hardcover))
    • 0081003153 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2015960323
    OCLC
    959329800
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