Dense plasma focus-from alternative fusion source to versatile high energy density plasma source for plasma nanotechnology

RS Rawat - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The dense plasma focus (DPF), a coaxial plasma gun, utilizes pulsed high current electrical
discharge to heat and compress the plasma to very high density and temperature with …

Numerical experiments providing new insights into plasma focus fusion devices

S Lee, SH Saw - Energies, 2010 - mdpi.com
Recent extensive and systematic numerical experiments have uncovered new insights into
plasma focus fusion devices including the following:(1) a plasma current limitation effect, as …

Plasma dynamics in PF-1000 device under full-scale energy storage: I. Pinch dynamics, shock-wave diffraction, and inertial electrode

VA Gribkov, B Bienkowska, M Borowiecki… - Journal of Physics D …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper (paper I) presents the first part of results obtained with the PF-1000 facility for the
first time at its upper energy limit (≈ 1 MJ). Special attention is paid here to plasma ('pinch') …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling laws for plasma focus machines from numerical experiments

SH Saw, S Lee - Energy and Power Engineering, 2010 - scirp.org
Numerical experiments carried out systematically using the Lee Model code unveil insightful
and practical wide-ranging scaling laws for plasma focus machines for nuclear fusion …

[PDF][PDF] Development of high-power gas discharge and electronic vacuum devices for pulsed electrophysic. Current status and prospects

VD Bochkov, DV Bochkov, VM Dyagilev… - AIP Conference …, 2016 - researchgate.net
In the paper the most recent research and development efforts made by Pulsed
Technologies ltd. are presented. Design and essential characteristics of power high-voltage …

Optimizing UNU/ICTP PFF plasma focus for neon soft X-ray operation

SH Saw, PCK Lee, RS Rawat… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The United Nations University/International Centre for Theoretical Physics Plasma Focus
Facility (UNU/ICTP PFF), a 3.3-kJ plasma focus, was designed for operation in deuterium …

Numerical experiments on plasma focus neon soft X-ray scaling

S Lee, SH Saw, P Lee, RS Rawat - Plasma Physics and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Numerical experiments are carried out systematically to determine the neon soft x-ray yield
Y sxr for optimized neon plasma focus with storage energy E 0 from 0.2 kJ to 1 MJ. The ratio …

Comparison of formation of carbon on aluminum and graphite substrates by a low energy plasma focus device

FM Aghamir, AR Momen-Baghdadabad… - Surfaces and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization of carbon structure was studied through deposition of carbon films
on three different substrates at various angular positions. The thin films were prepared by a …

Numerical experiments on oxygen soft X-ray emissions from low energy plasma focus using Lee model

M Akel, S Al-Hawat, SH Saw, S Lee - Journal of fusion energy, 2010 - Springer
The X-ray emission properties of oxygen plasmas are numerically investigated using corona
plasma equilibrium model. The Lee model is here modified to include oxygen in addition to …

Scaling the plasma focus for fusion energy considerations

SH Saw, S Lee - International Journal of Energy Research, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Using the Lee model code for dense plasma focus, series of numerical experiments were
systematically carried out to determine the scaling of bank energies with total current and …