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Largest Prototype Far So magnet generator generator — coils MJ 9 —

60-MJ 3-MW 5-MVA Baseball with kJ 300

load of field of field from field
Transients the from fluid case in unbalanced pulsed harmonic components poloidal field dc components toroidal — — —

Yes, MHD No Yes, Yes, Yes, the No
Operated of 30

Systems 40,a Pulsed case in voltage fast control transfer about time msec transfer about time seconds transfer about time hours

Storage No No No Yes, No Yes, Yes, Yes,

and dc Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No
Conversion Stored the (MJ) 50–100; systems,

Energy Typical in Energy Winding plant machines, airborne unit per

for 500–5000 10–100 Power 0.5–1
10 5
10 3
10 5
100
10 4
10 8
Magnets warm defined defined defined

Superconductive Type Magnet with magnet possibly or dipole winding coils field coils field coils shape shape shape

of Dipole aperature, tapered Solenoid Rotating quadrupole Toroidal Poloidal Baseball optimal No yet optimal No yet optimal No yet
Characteristics grid

General generators machines machines Tokamak magnets low- confinement operation storage; fusion pinch the in Press. Plenum

16 Application Homopolar Synchronous similar confinement pulsed magnets leveling
Table MHD Fusion or Mirror Energy of Theta Tokamak Load a Courtesy

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