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Hello all,
I am a layman who is interested in nuclear fusion via magnetic confinement (the Tokamak setup). I recently read in a book about how the (a) transformer in the device could operate only for some number of "volt-seconds" before it had to be "recharged". This requires an additional outside source to keep the plasma temp. up in the meantime. I have never heard of this property of transformers. Is this something unique to this type of device, or a fundamental concept I missed?
Thank you
Google books page link, the specific text is on page 128
http://books.google.com/books?id=pPqq7EvBDZkC&lpg=PA154&dq=plasma%20physics%20Eliezer&pg=PA128#v=onepage&q=transformer&f=false
I am a layman who is interested in nuclear fusion via magnetic confinement (the Tokamak setup). I recently read in a book about how the (a) transformer in the device could operate only for some number of "volt-seconds" before it had to be "recharged". This requires an additional outside source to keep the plasma temp. up in the meantime. I have never heard of this property of transformers. Is this something unique to this type of device, or a fundamental concept I missed?
Thank you
Google books page link, the specific text is on page 128
http://books.google.com/books?id=pPqq7EvBDZkC&lpg=PA154&dq=plasma%20physics%20Eliezer&pg=PA128#v=onepage&q=transformer&f=false
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