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Methods, devices and systems for fusion reactions

a technology of fusion reactions and devices, applied in the field of methods, devices and systems for fusion reactions, can solve the problems of large fusion device and system, large energy loss in conventional fusion system, complex, difficult to manage, etc., and achieve the effect of suppressing radiation loss, greatly reducing radiative loss, and suppressing electron mobility

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-12-31
NONLINEAR ION DYNAMICS
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Benefits of technology

The present patent takes advantage of the fact that electron bremsstrahlung causes significant energy loss in conventional fusion reactors. In a high-density, lightly ionized plasma, the present inventions suppress electron mobility and reduce radiative losses. The invention uses a rotational mechanism to create a high-density, lightly ionized plasma for fusion, which results in higher conductivity, lower resistive loss, and higher efficiency. The system also generates particles during operation, which can further enhance the fusion process. The particles created during fusion can ionize additional hydrogen and impart rotational energy to it, increasing the overall rotational energy without the need for additional energy from an external source. Diagnostic tools can be used to monitor and manage conditions within the fusion reaction zone, resulting in an efficient design of the fusion system.

Problems solved by technology

The art's pursuit of the Lawson criterion, or substantially similar paradigms, has led to fusion devices and systems that are large, complex, difficult to manage, expensive, and economically unviable.
In particular, a major source of energy loss in conventional fusion systems is radiation due to electron bremsstrahlung and cyclotron motion as mobile electrons interact with ions in the hot plasma.
Because the conventional thinking holds that high temperatures and strongly ionized plasma are required, it was further believed in the art that inexpensive physical containment of the reaction was impossible.
Accordingly, methods being pursued in the art are directed to complex and expensive schemes to contain the reaction, such as those used in magnetic confinement systems (e.g., the ITER tokamak) and in inertial confinement systems (e.g., NIF laser).
Accordingly, there has been a long-standing and unfulfilled need for a controlled fusion reaction, and the clean energy and other benefits and beneficial uses that are associated with such a reaction.

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[0147]A controlled fusion device of the general type shown in the embodiment of FIG. 3, was operated to provide a controlled fusion reaction that produced high-energy alpha particles and helium. The first working material in the device is hydrogen. The second working material in the device is boron that is introduced into the device through boron nitride targets, e.g., plates, on the inner walls of the outer electrode, and a lanthanum hexaboride target, e.g., disc, that is inserted into the reaction chamber by way of a rod. The magnet provides a magnetic field of 0.5 Tesla to the internal components of the controlled fusion device. The controlled pressure chamber is purged. After purging, the controlled pressure chamber and fusion cavity are filled with hydrogen gas to about 3 torr and at ambient temperature. A voltage of about 1.4 kV is applied through a current-limiting resistor to the inner electrode, creating a plasma current of about 25 A, which imparts, due to the Lorentz forc...

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[0156]The method and device of Example 1 is operated at a sufficient magnetic field and voltage to provide at least about 0.1 MMBtu / hour of thermal energy. This thermal energy is converted by apparatus known to those of skill in the power and electrical generation arts, such as heat exchangers, steam turbines, and electrical generators, to provide at least about 10 kW of electricity. One or more of the devices of Example 1 may be combined to provide greater thermal energy, to provide backup units should one go offline, which assembly can be associated with heat conversion devices known to those in the art.

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[0157]The operation of the device along the lines of Example 1 was repeated over 400 times. Each time the evidence of the creation of helium and high energy alpha particles was observed.

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Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, devices, and systems for creating, controlling, conducting, and optimizing fusion activities of nuclei. The controlled fusion activities cover a spectrum of reactions from aneutronic, fusion reactions that produce essentially no neutrons, to neutronic, fusion reactions that produce substantial numbers of neutrons.

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[0001]The present application: (i) claims, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)(1), the benefit of the filing date of Jun. 27, 2013 of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 840,428; (ii) claims, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)(1), the benefit of the filing date of Jan. 8, 2014 of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 925,114; (iii) claims, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)(1), the benefit of the filing date of Jan. 8, 2014 of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 925,131; (iv) claims, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)(1), the benefit of the filing date of Jan. 8, 2014 of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 925,122; (v) claims, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)(1), the benefit of the filing date of Jan. 8, 2014 of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 925,148; (vi) claims, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)(1), the benefit of the filing date of Jan. 8, 2014 of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 925,142; (vii) claims, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e)(1), the benefit of the filing date of Jul. 1, 2013 of U.S. provisional application...

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IPC IPC(8): G21B1/05
CPCG21B3/006Y02E30/126Y02E30/128G21B1/13G21B1/05Y02E30/10G21B1/23
Inventor WONG, ALFRED Y.RINZLER, CHARLESWOODBURY, DAVID A.
Owner NONLINEAR ION DYNAMICS
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