METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING CONTROLLED NUCLEAR FUSION BY MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL PLASMA

• US 3,859,164 A
• Filed: 05/20/1971
• Issued: 01/07/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Karl Nowak
• Original Assignee: Karl Nowak
• Inventors: Nowak, Karl
• Primary Examiner(s): Behrend, Harvey E.
• Application Number:
  US05/142,708
• Time in Patent Office: 1,328 Days
• Field of Search: 176/1,2,9,5
• US Class Current: 376/107
• CPC Class Codes: H05H 1/22 for injection heating G21B1/15 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 30/10 Nuclear fusion reactors

Abstract

For obtaining controlled nuclear fusion, two plasma beams of high density will be formed by blending of previously and separately accelerated atomic ion beams and electrons via deflection magnets, directed against each other with short impulses and combined to a fusion plasma within a reaction space surrounded by a contraction coil. With the axially aligned particle beams a high plasma density of 122 - 124 ions/ccm can be obtained and thus a good efficiency of fusion. In the drawing, 6, and 6a presents the atomic ion sources and 7, and 7a the atomic accelerators. The atomic ion beams are deflected through magnets 2, 2a and by means of the weaker deflection magnets 5, 5a the electronic beams coming from the electronic accelerators 8, 8a are admixed. The thus formed plasma beams are directed against each other in short periods with limited quantities of particles. A magnetic contraction coil 3 produce the desired high density of the atomic ions. The suction lines 11, 11a maintain a high vacuum in the reaction space.

Claims

1. A METHOD FOR OBTAINING CONTROLLED NUCLEAR FUSION BY MEANS OF ARTIFICAL PLASMA, FORMED BY LEADING TOGETHER ATOMIC IONS AND ELECTRONS, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT ATOMIC ION BEAMS (1, 1A) AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ACCELERATED VIA DEFLECTION MAGNETS (5, 5A) ARE ADMIXED WITH PREVIOUSLY AND SEPARATELY ACCELERATED ELECTRONIC BEAMS (4, 4A), AND THUS FORMED PLASMA BEAMS OF HIGH DENSITY ARE ARE DIRECTED AGAINST EACH OTHER WITHIN A MAGNETIC CONTRACTION (3).

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the beams of atomic ions (1, 1a) are deflected by a magnetic deflection field (2, 2a) and are made to pass through another, weaker field (5, 5a) designed to deflect and add the electron beam (4, 4a).

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein ion densities ranging from 1022 to 1024 or more ions/ccm are applied by means of magnetic contraction, space charge being compensated and radial velocity components of the ion movement being avoided.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the axial velocity of the plasma electrons is greater than the velocity of the atomic ions.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the electron beams are emitted earlier than the beams of atomic ions.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the electric current of the electrons exceeds the current of the ions, which results in a negative space charge.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the plasma beams produced pass through a magnetic field with a field strength of increasing contracting property until the zone of fusion is reached.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the beams of atomic ions, which combined with electrons form plasmas, are directed against each other in short current impulses.

9. A device for obtaining controlled nuclear fusion, wherein the sources of atomic ions (6, 6a) with accelerators (7, 7a) and electron sources with accelerators (8, 8a) are symmetrically arranged so as to form a reaction chamber, the reaction chamber being enclosed by a magnetic coil (3) and mixing magnets (5, 5a) for the purpose of mixing the beams of atomic ions and electrons into plasma beams.

10. A device according to claim 9, wherein a layer (12) is attached the vessel wall (9) for the purpose of obtaining energy which is capable of absorbing both radiation energy and charges and which is provided with a junction in order to conduct positive charges for the supply of electric current (13).

11. A device according to claim 10, wherein grid-like electrode arrangements in front of the layer (12) which possess a positive potential for the absorption of scattered electrons.

12. A device according to claim 9, wherein additional electrodes (17, 18) are provided for capturing charged particles that have evaded collision, for the purpose of retrieving unused electric energy of charged particles.

13. A device according to claim 9, wherein the reaction chamber with the energy absorption arrangement (9, 12, 16) is enclosed by two systems of vessels serving the purpose of letting off heat, the inner system (19, 20) designed to take over thermal energy and the outer one (21, 22) to protect the contraction coil (3).