We present a model hierarchy of hydrodynamic and quasihydrodynamic equation
s for plasmas consisting of electrons and ions, and give a rigorous proof o
f the zero-relaxation-time limits in the hydrodynamic equations: described
by the Euler equations coupled with a linear or nonlinear Poisson equation.
The proof is based on the high energy estimates for the Euler equations to
gether with compactness arguments.