DocumentCode
2084774
Title
Ball lightning as a route to fusion energy
Author
Roth, J. Keece
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
fYear
1989
fDate
2-6 Oct 1989
Firstpage
1407
Abstract
Ball lightning can have a diameter up to several meters, a lifetime of over 100 s, an energy content in excess of 10 MJ, and an energy density and a kinetic pressure greater than that of a reacting D-T plasma. Some of the properties of ball lightning which commend it to the attention of the fusion community are reviewed. Some potential advantages and applications of ball lightning fusion reactors are discussed
Keywords
fusion reactor theory and design; lightning; ball lightning; energy density; fusion reactors; kinetic pressure; Application software; Atmosphere; Books; Fusion reactors; Kinetic theory; Laboratories; Lightning; Steady-state; Switchgear; Underwater vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fusion Engineering, 1989. Proceedings., IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on
Conference_Location
Knoxville, TN
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FUSION.1989.102474
Filename
102474
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