DocumentCode
2729913
Title
Mean time between failures (MTBF) and availability of the gyrotron system used on the microwave tokamak experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Author
Ferguson, S.W. ; Jackson, M.C. ; Seilhymer, D.B.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1993
fDate
11-15 Oct 1993
Firstpage
1115
Abstract
S.W. Ferguson, D.B. Seilhymer, M. Jackson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore California 94550. This paper presents an analysis of the mean time between failures (MTBF) and availability history of the Varian VGT8140, 400 kWatt, 140 GHz gyrotron that was operated on the Microwave Tokamak Experiment (MTX) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Keywords
CAMAC; Tokamak devices; fusion reactors; gyrotrons; nuclear engineering computing; plasma radiofrequency heating; 140 GHz; 400 kW; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; MTBF; MTX; Microwave Tokamak Experiment; Varian VGT8140 400 kWatt 140 GHz gyrotron; gyrotron system; mean time between failures; Anodes; Availability; Cathodes; Condition monitoring; Cooling; Failure analysis; Gyrotrons; Laboratories; Optical transmitters; Tokamaks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on
Conference_Location
Hyannis, MA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-1412-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FUSION.1993.518519
Filename
518519
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