Nuclear fusion reaction promoting method
The described solutions enhance nuclear fusion reactor efficiency by amplifying thermal energy, improving heat resistance, and controlling magnetic fields, addressing the challenges of temperature rise, heat resistance, and insulation in nuclear fusion reactors.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-10-20
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-09
AI Technical Summary
Existing nuclear fusion reactors face challenges in achieving efficient temperature rise, high-temperature heat resistance, high-pressure conditions, and thermal energy insulation, while suppressing external magnetic energy impacts.
Implementing nano-sized particles for thermal energy amplification, a double magnetic frame structure for heat blocking, vacuum insulation, hydrogen storage in alternative forms, using tungsten and diamonds for heat resistance, and applying pyroelectric materials to maintain magnetic field control and insulation.
Enhances temperature rise efficiency, improves heat resistance, maintains thermal insulation, and controls magnetic field impacts, thereby promoting efficient nuclear fusion reactions.
Abstract
Description
[Technical Field]
[0001] The present invention relates to applied technology for amplifying and controlling thermal energy and magnetic energy. [Background technology]
[0002] Thermal energy amplification by plasmon resonance
[0003] Infrared (thermal energy) blocking effect by magnetic force (magnetic energy)
[0004] Effects of no heat conducting medium (vacuum state)
[0005] Technology to increase hydrogen content per volume
[0006] Pyroelectric effect prevents magnetic force (magnetic energy) from decreasing
[0007] Magnetic force (magnetic energy) blocking effect by insulating materials (materials with no or very low conductivity)
[0008] Nuclear fusion reactions due to differences in isotopes and the thermal energy amplification effect due to the kinetic energy of the fast neutrons produced during the fusion reaction Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0009] In the technology of using hydrogen and a hydrogen gas laser to generate a nuclear fusion reaction, extremely high temperatures are required for the reaction to occur, and the required temperature must be reached within a certain amount of time. The materials and structure of the reactor must also be able to withstand this temperature. Therefore, there were challenges such as improving the efficiency of temperature rise inside the reactor and the high-temperature heat resistance of the reactor, the need for high-pressure conditions for nuclear fusion reactions at lower temperatures, and the need to suppress the external impact of magnetic energy for thermal energy insulation purposes. [Means for solving the problem]
[0010] (Solution 1) Thermal energy amplification method using plasmon resonance The reactant to be enclosed in the nuclear fusion reactor is not just the conventional hydrogen, but also an appropriate amount of nano-sized particles. Alternatively, the hydrogen-absorbing material is processed into nano-sized particles, and hydrogen is then adsorbed (stored) and sealed in. This causes nano-sized particles of infrared wavelength light that are generated and amplified inside the furnace to act, causing a chemical reaction called plasmon resonance, which improves the temperature rise efficiency (thermal energy amplification efficiency), thereby contributing to solving the problem. (There are no restrictions on the material, size, shape, or amount of nano-sized particles used.) (Solution 2) Heat energy blocking method using magnetic force (magnetic energy) In order to suppress the radiation of infrared wavelength light (thermal energy) outside the furnace, the furnace has a double structure with an outer frame around it, and the outer frame structure is manufactured by mixing a powdered mixture of "magnetic materials such as neodymium magnets," "metals that are used to make electromagnets such as pure iron," and "good conductors with high electrical conductivity," and then mixing this with an adhesive (solidifying agent) and molding it, or by molding the mixture and then baking it at high temperature. This mixture has the property of converting magnetic energy into electrical energy and vice versa, generating an extremely strong magnetic force. Magnetic force (magnetic energy) blocks (does not transmit) most infrared wavelength light (most temperature ranges of thermal energy), so having a strong magnetic field around the furnace prevents the thermal energy inside the furnace from being dissipated outside the furnace, contributing to solving the problem. (Although the magnetic force is weaker than that of a mixture, a single magnetic material such as a neodymium magnet can still be effective as the material for the outer frame structure.) In addition, the mixture that is the main raw material of the outer frame structure is processed into a powder or solution form and used to coat the inner and outer walls of the furnace, thereby increasing the heat insulation effect to the outside of the furnace and contributing to solving the problem. (Solution 3) Method for blocking thermal energy in a vacuum In order to suppress the radiation of infrared wavelength light (thermal energy) outside the furnace, the furnace has a double structure with an outer frame around it, and a sealed vacuum space is created between the furnace and the outer frame structure. This structure has the same effect as a vacuum thermos bottle. Because a vacuum space does not contain air, which is a medium for transferring heat, it prevents the thermal energy generated and amplified inside the furnace from being dissipated outside the furnace, thereby contributing to solving the problem. (Solution 4) Improving thermal efficiency by compressing hydrogen volume The more hydrogen, the active substance, is enclosed in a fusion reactor, the more efficient the thermal energy is, and the more effective it is in promoting fusion. Therefore, when hydrogen is sealed in the furnace, rather than sealing it in gaseous form, it is possible to significantly increase the amount of hydrogen per volume by sealing it in liquid or solid form by cooling it, combining it with other substances, or absorbing it into other substances. In this way, a significantly increased amount of hydrogen is sealed inside the reactor compared to its gaseous state, improving thermal efficiency, promoting the nuclear fusion reaction, and contributing to solving the problem. (Liquid hydrogen, which is made by cooling gaseous hydrogen, can be compressed to 1 / 800 of its volume. By adding gaseous hydrogen to a substance called toluene to create a liquid compound called methylcyclohexane, its volume can be compressed to 1 / 500 of its original volume. Also, by storing hydrogen in a hydrogen storage alloy (a material that can capture hydrogen in the gaps between metal atoms and release the captured hydrogen by heating it at a low temperature of around 100°C), the amount of hydrogen per volume can be increased compared to liquid hydrogen.) (Solution 5) Method for improving the heat resistance of nuclear fusion reactors Nuclear fusion reactors reach extremely high temperatures, so they need to have improved heat resistance. Tungsten, which has the highest melting point of any metal, is used, and industrial diamonds (in particle form) are attached to the inside and outside walls of the furnace, and the furnaces are stacked two or three times to improve heat resistance. (Diamond has a higher melting point than tungsten in an oxygen-free environment. This furnace has only hydrogen inside and a vacuum outside, so it has better heat resistance than a furnace made with tungsten alone.) (Solution 6) Method for preventing deterioration of thermal energy blocking function due to decrease in magnetic force (magnetic energy) The coating agent applied to the outer frame structure and the inner and outer wall surfaces of the furnace described in (Solution 2) is made primarily from a mixture that has a very strong magnetic force generating function, and there are two other methods for manufacturing this mixture besides the method described in (Solution 2). One method involves temporarily supplying electrical energy from an external power source (energizing) to a mixture of two types of substances - a magnetic material such as a neodymium magnet and a highly conductive conductor - which have been processed into powder form, or supplying magnetic energy from an external magnetic source (placed in a magnetic field). The second method involves mixing two types of substances, "metals that are used to make electromagnets, such as pure iron," and "good conductors with high electrical conductivity," into powder form, and temporarily supplying electrical energy from an external power source (energizing them) or magnetic energy from an external magnetic source (placing them in a magnetic field). The mixture of two types that has undergone this manufacturing process generates a very strong magnetic force, just like the mixture described in (Solution 2), and can therefore be used as the main raw material for outer frame structures and coating agents. Furthermore, these three types of mixtures have the property of mutually exchanging magnetic energy and electrical energy, and this property generates a strong magnetic force, but the mutual conversion is not 100%. Part of the electrical energy is converted into thermal energy within the mixture, and this thermal energy is not converted into either electrical or magnetic energy, so the magnetic force (magnetic energy) of the mixture decreases and its ability to block thermal energy from the fusion reactor also decreases. To address this issue, materials with pyroelectric effects (the ability to convert electrical energy into thermal energy and vice versa), such as pyroelectrics, organic compounds, and earth and stone, are processed into powder or solution form and added to the mixture (3 types). This converts the thermal energy generated within the mixture into electrical energy, and then converts the electrical energy into magnetic energy and thermal energy, thereby helping to solve the problem of a decline in the thermal energy blocking function due to a decrease in the magnetic force (magnetic energy) of the mixture. (Solution 7) Method for controlling the impact of magnetic fields on the surrounding environment The outer frame structure described in (Solution 2) has the property of generating a very strong magnetic field (magnetic energy), and the thermal energy (infrared wavelength light) generated from the inside by the nuclear fusion reactor is suppressed from being dissipated to the outside by the physical action of the magnetic field (magnetic energy) from the outside. In this way, the magnetic force (magnetic energy) possessed by the outer frame structure is intended to act inward, and acting outward (the magnetic field spreading into external space) has an impact on the surrounding environment, so it is necessary to suppress the action (spreading) of the magnetic field in the opposite direction. Therefore, an insulator with material properties that block the spread of the magnetic field (progression of magnetic field lines) is used to control the impact of the magnetic field (magnetic energy) emitted from the outer wall surface of the outer frame structure on the surrounding environment. There are various types of insulators, but because they are used as the outer wall material for the outer frame of a fusion reactor, which will become extremely hot, they do not use resin-based insulators, which have low heat resistance, but rather ceramic (earth and stone)-based insulators, which have high heat resistance, or alumina (aluminum oxide), a metal with excellent heat resistance and insulation properties. This ceramic insulator is baked into a plate or block shape to form an exterior wall material, or an alumina plate material, which is then stuck onto the entire exterior wall surface of the outer frame structure without any gaps. A ceramic insulator or alumina processed into powder or liquid form is coated (applied) onto the entire outer wall surface of the outer frame structure without leaving any gaps. A box-shaped container of insulating material is made by a manufacturing method such as firing a ceramic insulator or welding an alumina plate, and an outer frame structure is placed (fixed) inside the container. The insulating material is then processed into a powder or solution, and the powder or solution is poured into the container until it is full, and the container is then sealed. In this way, the influence of the magnetic force (magnetic energy) of the outer frame structure in the outward direction is controlled. (Solution 8) Method for promoting nuclear fusion reactions using multiple hydrogen isotopes The hydrogen to be sealed in the nuclear fusion reactor will be a mixture of not only ordinary hydrogen (light hydrogen) but also deuterium. Deuterium is hydrogen with more neutrons than ordinary hydrogen (light hydrogen). The use of a mixture of hydrogen isotopes promotes nuclear fusion reactions. There are several types of deuterium, each differing in the number of neutrons, but the type of deuterium to be used is not limited. Furthermore, the kinetic energy of fast neutrons generated during the nuclear fusion reaction is converted into thermal energy, which contributes to improving the thermal energy amplification efficiency within the reactor.
Claims
1. After filling the fusion reactor to its maximum capacity with hydrogen and sealing it, a gas laser that uses hydrogen as the working medium is irradiated onto the hydrogen inside the reactor in the far-infrared wavelength range. As a result, the hydrogen inside the reactor becomes a plasma state, and "stimulated emission" and "electromagnetic wave resonance at the same frequency" occur, causing all the hydrogen inside the reactor to be in the same state as a "far-infrared wavelength hydrogen gas laser." If this state continues and the high temperature and pressure conditions are amplified, the temperature will rise to the level required for nuclear fusion. There is a technology that can induce nuclear fusion reactions using this method. This method promotes the rise in temperature inside the reactor (amplification of thermal energy) by utilizing a chemical reaction called plasmon resonance, which occurs when an appropriate amount of nano-sized particles are added to the reactant sealed inside the reactor in addition to hydrogen. This technology uses physical phenomena such as electromagnetic resonance between "a full volume of hydrogen sealed inside the reactor" and "a hydrogen gas laser in the far-infrared wavelength range" to induce a nuclear fusion reaction. By adding an appropriate amount of nano-sized particles to the hydrogen sealed inside the reactor to promote the reaction, a chemical reaction called plasmon resonance occurs in addition to the multiple physical phenomena that occur inside the reactor. This method enhances the efficiency of temperature increase (thermal energy amplification efficiency) within the reactor by adding this chemical reaction, thereby promoting the nuclear fusion reaction. (Plasmon resonance is a phenomenon in which light of a specific wavelength is absorbed. In this case, nano-sized particles of a material that absorbs infrared wavelength light, or nano-sized particles of a hydrogen storage alloy processed into nano-sized particles, are used after the hydrogen adsorption process is complete.) (Plasmon resonance is a phenomenon in which, when light is irradiated onto nano-sized particles, the particles do not reflect light of a specific wavelength contained in that light but absorb it within the particles and resonate. The electrons within the particles resonate with the wave motion of light, generating high-energy electrons called hot electrons. Even without applying heat, the temperature rises due to the energy amplification effect caused by infrared wavelength resonance.)
2. In the nuclear fusion technology described in claim 1, which utilizes physical phenomena such as electromagnetic wave resonance between "hydrogen sealed inside the reactor" and a "far-infrared wavelength hydrogen gas laser," the infrared radiation (thermal energy) generated and amplified inside the reactor is not dissipated to the outside of the reactor but remains inside, thereby promoting a rise in the temperature inside the reactor (amplification of thermal energy). To suppress infrared heat radiation outside the reactor, the structure of the nuclear fusion reactor is a double-layered structure consisting of a furnace that irradiates enclosed hydrogen with a laser and an outer frame surrounding this furnace. The outer frame structure is manufactured by mixing a mixture of powdered materials such as neodymium magnets, metals used as electromagnets such as pure iron, and highly conductive metals such as copper and aluminum, or carbon-based good conductors such as carbon allotropes, with an adhesive (solidifying agent) and then molding it, or by firing the mixture after molding it at high temperatures. The main raw material mixture for this outer frame structure possesses material properties that allow for the interconversion of magnetic and electrical energy, generating a very strong magnetic field. Because magnetic fields (magnetic energy) block (prevent transmission of) many ranges of infrared wavelength light, a strong magnetic field around a furnace has the effect of suppressing the dissipation of infrared radiation (thermal energy) generated and amplified inside the furnace to the outside. This method involves designing a fusion reactor with a double-layered structure, where the reactor is surrounded by an outer frame structure with a strong magnetic field, thereby improving the efficiency of temperature rise (amplification of thermal energy) within the reactor and promoting the fusion reaction.
3. In the nuclear fusion technology described in claim 1, which utilizes physical phenomena such as electromagnetic wave resonance between "hydrogen sealed inside the reactor" and a "far-infrared wavelength hydrogen gas laser," the infrared radiation (thermal energy) generated and amplified inside the reactor is not dissipated to the outside of the reactor but remains inside, thereby promoting a rise in the temperature inside the reactor (amplification of thermal energy). In order to suppress infrared radiation radiation outside the furnace, the mixture that is the main raw material for the outer frame structure of the fusion reactor described in claim 2 is processed into a powder or solution and coated (applied) to the entire inner wall and the entire outer wall of the furnace. This mixture possesses material properties that allow it to interconvert magnetic and electrical energy, generating a very strong magnetic field. Because a magnetic field (magnetic energy) blocks (prevents transmission of) a large range of infrared wavelengths of light, the entire area inside and outside the furnace is covered by a strong magnetic field, which has the effect of suppressing the dissipation of infrared radiation (thermal energy) generated and amplified inside the furnace to the outside. This method involves coating the inner and outer walls of a nuclear fusion reactor with a material that has a strong magnetic field to improve the efficiency of temperature rise (amplification of thermal energy) inside the reactor and promote the nuclear fusion reaction.
4. The raw materials for the outer frame structure described in claim 2 and the coating agent for coating the inner and outer walls of the furnace described in claim 3 are not a mixture using three types of substances: "ferromagnetic materials such as neodymium magnets, metals that serve as electromagnets such as pure iron, and highly conductive good conductors such as copper and carbon allotropes," but a mixture using two types of substances: "ferromagnetic materials such as neodymium magnets and highly conductive good conductors such as copper and carbon allotropes," or two types of substances: "metals that serve as electromagnets such as pure iron, and highly conductive good conductors such as copper and carbon allotropes." In each of these mixtures, electrical energy is temporarily supplied from an external power source (energized) or magnetic energy is supplied from an external magnetic source (placed in a magnetic field) at the raw material stage before manufacturing the outer frame structure described in claim 2 and the coating agent described in claim 3, or at the finished product stage of the outer frame structure and coating agent after manufacturing. This manufacturing process results in the mixture (a mixture using two different substances) possessing the same material properties as a mixture using three substances, allowing it to interconvert magnetic and electrical energy and generate a very strong magnetic field. A method for using two types of mixtures of these two substances as materials for coatings applied to the outer frame structure or the inner and outer walls of a furnace to block the transmission of infrared radiation (conduction of thermal energy).
5. The mixtures described in claims 2, 3, and 4 have the material property of mutual conversion between electrical energy and magnetic energy, but the mutual conversion is not 100%; as electrical energy is transmitted to a good conductor, a portion is converted into thermal energy. A method for converting this thermal energy into electrical energy involves processing substances that have a pyroelectric effect (interconversion between electrical and thermal energy), such as pyroelectric materials, organic compounds, and soil and rocks, into powder form and blending them in appropriate amounts into each mixture. A method for suppressing a decrease in the power generation and magnetic generation functions of a mixture according to claim 2, claim 3, and claim 4 (a substance that interconverts electrical energy and magnetic energy and has power generation and magnetic generation functions) by incorporating a substance that has a pyroelectric effect, thereby converting thermal energy into electrical energy.
6. In the nuclear fusion technology described in claim 1, which utilizes physical phenomena such as electromagnetic wave resonance between "hydrogen sealed inside the reactor" and a "far-infrared wavelength hydrogen gas laser," the infrared radiation (thermal energy) generated and amplified inside the reactor is not dissipated to the outside of the reactor but remains inside, thereby promoting a rise in the temperature inside the reactor (amplification of thermal energy). To suppress infrared heat radiation outside the reactor, the structure of the fusion reactor is designed as a double-layered structure consisting of a reactor that irradiates enclosed hydrogen with a laser, and an outer frame surrounding this reactor, creating a sealed vacuum space between the reactor and the outer frame structure. In a vacuum, because there is no air, which is a medium for transferring heat, heat inside the furnace is less likely to transfer to the outside (heat transfer from inside to outside the furnace is difficult), and the temperature inside the furnace rises (amplification of thermal energy) is promoted. This method involves designing a fusion reactor with a double-walled structure similar to a vacuum thermos bottle, thereby improving the efficiency of temperature rise (amplification of thermal energy) within the reactor and promoting the fusion reaction.
7. This method involves sealing hydrogen, the active substance in nuclear fusion, into a nuclear fusion reactor. Instead of filling the reactor with hydrogen in a gaseous state, it is filled in a liquid or solid state. This significantly increases the amount of hydrogen per unit volume, improves thermal energy efficiency, and promotes the nuclear fusion reaction. By sealing hydrogen in a liquid or solid state within a fusion reactor through methods such as cooling, bonding with other substances, or absorption into other substances, rather than in a gaseous state, the amount of hydrogen per unit volume can be significantly increased, allowing more hydrogen to be sealed within a limited space. This method promotes the nuclear fusion reaction by significantly increasing the amount of hydrogen, the active substance in nuclear fusion, within the reactor compared to its gaseous state, thereby creating a high-pressure environment within the sealed reactor. (Nuclear fusion reactions have an inverse relationship between pressure and temperature; the higher the pressure, the lower the temperature at which the reaction occurs.) (example) 1. By cooling gaseous hydrogen and converting it into liquid hydrogen, its volume can be compressed to 1 / 800th of its original size.
2. By adding gaseous hydrogen to a substance called toluene, it becomes possible to seal in methylcyclohexane, which is 500 times more hydrogen per unit volume compared to the gaseous state.
3. By using hydrogen storage alloys to absorb hydrogen, it is possible to increase the amount of hydrogen per unit volume compared to liquid hydrogen. (e.g., aluminum-iron alloys)
8. The outer frame structure surrounding the fusion reactor described in claim 2 is manufactured by processing a mixture of multiple materials, such as materials used for permanent magnets and electromagnets, and materials with high conductivity, and possesses material properties that allow for the interconversion of magnetic energy and electrical energy, thereby generating a very strong magnetic field. This strong magnetic field (magnetic energy) is intended to act inward to block the thermal energy (infrared wavelength light) generated from the nuclear fusion reactor. If a strong magnetic field acts outward (strong magnetic field lines spread out), it will have various effects on the surroundings, so it needs to be controlled. To address the challenge of controlling the outward action of the strong magnetic field (magnetic energy) generated from this outer frame structure, we utilize the properties of an insulating material. Insulators have very low conductivity and hardly conduct electricity at all. It not only does not conduct electricity, but it also has the property of not conducting magnetic energy (magnetic field lines). While there are various types of insulators, nuclear fusion reactors reach extremely high temperatures, and for the purpose of using them as outer wall materials for the outer frame structure, which aims to suppress the release of this thermal energy to the outside, high-heat-resistant ceramic (earth and stone) insulators are used instead of low-heat-resistant resin-based insulators such as rubber or plastic. This ceramic-based insulator is processed into a solution and applied as a coating to the exterior wall surface of the outer frame structure. After that, plate-shaped or block-shaped exterior wall material made from fired ceramic-based insulators is attached. Another method involves installing (fixing) an outer frame structure inside a box-shaped container made of fired ceramic insulator, then filling the container with the ceramic insulator in powder or solution form and sealing it. (The shapes of the fusion reactor, outer frame structure, and ceramic box-shaped container are not limited.) This method suppresses the outward magnetic field effect (magnetic force influence) on the outer frame structure.
9. Equipment, facilities, defense equipment, transport vehicles such as ships, rockets, artificial satellites, planetary probes, crushing equipment used in mining development and tunnel construction, etc., using the method according to Claim 1, Claim 2, Claim 3, Claim 4, Claim 5, Claim 6, Claim 7, or Claim 8.
10. Services and businesses using the equipment, facilities, defense equipment, transport vehicles such as ships, rockets, artificial satellites, planetary probes, and crushing equipment for mining development and tunnel construction as described in claim 9.