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Flow Characteristics and Charge Exchange Effects in a Two-Dimensional Model of Electrothermal Plasma Discharges by Esmond, M. J., Winfrey, A. L.

“…Electrothermal (ET) plasma discharges are capillary discharges that ablate liner materials and form partially ionized plasma. ET plasma discharges are…”
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Optimization of Fusion Pellet Launch Velocity in an Electrothermal Mass Accelerator by Gebhart, T. E., Holladay, R. T., Esmond, M. J., Winfrey, A. L.

“…Electrothermal mass accelerators, based on capillary discharges, that form a plasma propelling force from the ablation of a low-z liner material are candidates…”
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Optimization of capillary source geometry for maximum pellet exit velocity in electrothermal plasma launchers by Esmond, M. J., Winfrey, A. L.

“…Deep fueling for large-scale tokamak fusion reactors requires the use of high-velocity pellet injectors. The fuel pellets consist of frozen deuterium or…”
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Investigation of electrothermal plasma pellet launcher optimization for fusion fueling by Esmond, M. J., Mostaghim, S. S., Gebhart, T. E., Winfrey, A. L.

“…Deep fueling for large-scale tokamak fusion reactors requires the use of high-velocity fuel pellet injectors. The fuel pellets consist of deuterium or…”
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Optimization of capillary source geometry for maximum pellet exit velocity in electrothermal plasma launchers by Esmond, M. J., Mostaghim, S. S., Gebhart, T. E., Winfrey, A. L.

“…Summary form only given. Deep fueling for large-scale tokamak fusion reactors requires the use of high-velocity fuel pellet injectors. The fuel pellets consist…”
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The effect of pellet volume and aspect ratio on fuel pellet exit velocities in a capillary discharge mass accelerator by Gebhart, T. E., Holladay, R. T., Esmond, M. J., Winfrey, A. L.

“…In magnetic or inertial fusion reactors, hydrogen, its isotopes, and lithium are used as fusion fueling materials. Lithium is considered a fusion fuel and not…”
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A computational study of a segmented electrothermal plasma source by Winfrey, A. L., Echols, J. R., Esmond, M. J., Gebhart, T. E., Hamer, M. D., Koch, C. M., Barclift, M. W., Driscoll, S. A., Holladay, R. T., Gilligan, J. G., Bourham, M. A.

“…In ablation controlled capillary discharges, the inner ablating sleeve is usually made of an insulator such as polyethylene or Lexan. There has been almost no…”
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