US4354999A
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Plasma confinement
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1979-09-24
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Granted: 1982-10-19
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Expires: 1999-09-24
Abstract
Abstract An Atomic Fusion Device wherein a laser beam is focused to the center of a spherical reaction chamber having a mirrored inner surface. The spherical reaction chamber is evacuated and surrounded by a concentric lithium jacket which is surrounded by a concentric cryogenic jacket in which is immersed a multiaxis Ioffe bar system. A mixture of deuterium and tritium plasma is continuously introduced into the reaction chamber at a metered rate through the preheat units and compressed at the center of the chamber by the electromagnetic field created by the superconductive Ioffe bar system. This mixture is ignited by the laser beam to create a steady-state, self-sustaining lithium blanket. Power is controlled by controlling the plasma input rate and energy is coupled out of the device by electromagnetic coupling or by recirculating the lithium through a heat exchanger.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert V. Priest
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 08:20
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05H; H05H1/00; H05H1/02; H05H1/10; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E30/00; Y02E30/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
An improved plasma confining apparatus of the type having electromagnetic Ioffe bar windings, wherein the improvement comprises a plurality of interconnected Ioffe bar windings each winding being would in a spherical configuration about a plurality of different transverse axes of said spherical configuration, said axes being offset from the center of the spherical configuration, said spherical configuration comprising two adjacent concentric spherical surfaces, each said spherical surface having different finite radii, said Ioffe bar windings lying between said two adjacent concentric spherical surfaces, each said winding being composed of arcuate portions, said Ioffe bar windings forming a closed curve, at least one of said portions extending in said spherical configuration for a distance substantially one half the circumference of said spherical configuration.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
An improved plasma confining apparatus of the type having electromagnetic Ioffe bar windings, wherein the improvement comprises a plurality of interconnected Ioffe bar windings each winding being would in a spherical configuration about a plurality of different transverse axes of said spherical configuration, said axes being offset from the center of the spherical configuration, said spherical configuration comprising two adjacent concentric spherical surfaces, each said spherical surface having different finite radii, said Ioffe bar windings lying between said two adjacent concentric spherical surfaces, each said winding being composed of arcuate portions, said Ioffe bar windings forming a closed curve, at least one of said portions extending in said spherical configuration for a distance substantially one half the circumference of said spherical configuration.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
143 words
An improved plasma containing and confining apparatus of the type defining an enclosed, evacuated reaction chamber and having surrounding electromagnetic confinement windings, wherein the improvement comprises said reaction chamber being generally spherical combined with a plurality of interconnected Ioffe bar windings each winding being would outside said reaction chamber in a spherical configuration about a plurality of different transverse axes of said reaction chamber, said axes being offset from the center of the spherical configuration, said spherical configuration comprising two adjacent concentric spherical surfaces, each said spherical surface having different finite radii, said Ioffe bar windings lying between said two adjacent concentric spherical surfaces, each said winding being composed of arcuate portions, said Ioffe bar windings forming a closed curve, at least one of said portions extending in said spherical configuration for a distance substantially one half the circumference of said spherical configuration.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
143 words
An improved plasma containing and confining apparatus of the type defining an enclosed, evacuated reaction chamber and having surrounding electromagnetic confinement windings, wherein the improvement comprises said reaction chamber being generally spherical combined with a plurality of interconnected Ioffe bar windings each winding being would outside said reaction chamber in a spherical configuration about a plurality of different transverse axes of said reaction chamber, said axes being offset from the center of the spherical configuration, said spherical configuration comprising two adjacent concentric spherical surfaces, each said spherical surface having different finite radii, said Ioffe bar windings lying between said two adjacent concentric spherical surfaces, each said winding being composed of arcuate portions, said Ioffe bar windings forming a closed curve, at least one of said portions extending in said spherical configuration for a distance substantially one half the circumference of said spherical configuration.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
An apparatus in accordance with claim 2 wherein there is further provided a source of alternating current connected to energize said windings, said source providing voltage alternations at the natural cyclotron resonance frequency of said chamber.
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