Plasma and Fusion Science: From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications

ISBN-13: 9781771884532 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 446 str.

B. Raneesh; Nandakumar Kalarikkal; Jemy James

Opis

In this new book, an interdisciplinary and international team of experts provides an exploration of the emerging plasma science that is poised to make the plasma technology a reality in the manufacturing sector. The research presented here will stimulate new ideas, methods, and applications in the field of plasma science and nanotechnology. Plasma technology applications are being developed that could impact the global market for power, electronics, mineral, and other fuel commodities. Currently, plasma science is described as a revolutionary discipline in terms of its possible impact on industrial applications. It offers potential solutions to many problems using emerging techniques. In this book the authors provide a broad overview of recent trends in field plasma science and nanotechnology. Divided into several parts, Plasma and Fusion Science: From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications explores some basic plasma applications and research, space and atmospheric plasma, nuclear fusion, and laser plasma and industrial applications of plasma. A wide variety of cutting-edge topics are covered, including: - basic plasma physics - computer modeling for plasma - exotic plasma (including dusty plasma) - industrial plasma applications - laser plasma - nuclear fusion technology - plasma diagnostics - plasma processing - pulsed power - space astrophysical plasma - plasma and nanotechnology Pointing to current and possible future developments in plasma science and technology, the diverse research presented here will be valuable for researchers, scientists, industry professionals, and others involved in the revolutionary field of plasma and fusion science.

Spis treści

Plasma Treatment of Powder and Granulates. Plasma Dynamical Devices (Review of Fundamental Results and Applications). Conceptual Design of a Permanent Ring Magnet-Based Helicon Plasma Source. Solitary Wave Solutions of Modified Kadomstev-Petviashivili Equation for Hot Adiabatic Dusty Plasma Having Non-Thermal Ions with Trapped Electrons. Global Transition from Drift Wave Dominated Regimes to Multi-Instability Plasma Dynamics and Simultaneous Formation of a Radial Transport. Magnetic Drift and Its Effect on Cross-Field Diffusion Process.On the Effect of Base Pressure upon Plasma Containment. Ion-Acoustic Dressed Solitons on Electron-Positron-Ion Plasma with Nonisothermal Electrons. Arbitrary Amplitude Kinetic Alfven Solitary Waves in a Plasma with Two-Temperature Electrons.Nonlinear Dust Kinetic Alfvén Waves in a Dust–Ion Plasma with Ions Following Q-Non-Extensive Velocity Distribution. Study Generation of Pulsed High Current with Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitor. Effect of Radio Frequency Power on Magnetron Sputtered TiO2 Thin Films. Stability of Kinetic Alfven Wave (KAW) in a Cometary Plasma with Streaming Electrons and Protons. External Magnetic Field Effect on Absorption of Surface Plasma Waves by Metal Nano-Particles. Plasma Waves beyond the Solar System. Jeans Instability of a Self-Gravitating Viscous Molecular Cloud Under the Influence of Finite Electron Inertia, Hall Effect, Fine Dust Particles and Rotation. Structural Fabrication: Study of Infrastructure Facilities Required to Convert Concept to Reality. DAC-Controlled Voltage Variable RF Attenuator for Generating RF Pulses of Different Shapes and Amplitudes for RF-ICRH System. Investigation of the Effect of Thermal Cycle on SS/CRZ Brazed Joint Sample. Design and Test Results of a 200kV, 15mA High Voltage DC Test Generator. Design, Development and Testing of WaterpBased Co-Axial Blumlein Pulse Generator. Optimization of MgB2-Brass Joint Resistance for SST-1 Superconducting Magnet Current Leads. Studies on Effect of Gaseous Quenching Media on Performance of Electrically Exploded Foils. Particle Acceleration by Whistler Pulse in High Density Plasma. Generation of Terahertz Radiations by Flat Top Laser Pulses in Modulated Density Plasmas. Surface Modification of High Density Polyethylene and Polycarbonate by Atmospheric Pressure Cold Argon/Oxygen Plasma Jet. Optical Imaging of SST-1 Plasma. Pulsed Electrical Exploding Wire For Production of Nanopowders.