GB846547A - Improvements relating to thermo nuclear reactors for producing fusion reactions - Google Patents
Improvements relating to thermo nuclear reactors for producing fusion reactionsInfo
- Publication number
- GB846547A GB846547A GB11984/56A GB1198456A GB846547A GB 846547 A GB846547 A GB 846547A GB 11984/56 A GB11984/56 A GB 11984/56A GB 1198456 A GB1198456 A GB 1198456A GB 846547 A GB846547 A GB 846547A
- Authority
- GB
- United Kingdom
- Prior art keywords
- gas
- tube
- compressions
- electrodes
- coils
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired
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Classifications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
- H05H1/00—Generating plasma; Handling plasma
- H05H1/02—Arrangements for confining plasma by electric or magnetic fields; Arrangements for heating plasma
- H05H1/10—Arrangements for confining plasma by electric or magnetic fields; Arrangements for heating plasma using externally-applied magnetic fields only, e.g. Q-machines, Yin-Yang, base-ball
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- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Optics & Photonics (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
- Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
- Physical Or Chemical Processes And Apparatus (AREA)
Abstract
846,547. Nuclear fusion reactors ; discharge apparatus. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO. Ltd. May 27, 1957 [April 19, 1956]. No. 11984/56. Classes 39(1) and 39(4). A method of producing a thermonuclear reaction consists in locating an ionised light gas near the axis of an elongated container in the presence of an axial magnetic field, and applying magnetic shock waves to the ionised gas so as to compress the gas adiabatically and to raise the gas to a high temperature. Fig. 3 shows part of a suitable apparatus comprising a discharge tube provided with heatable electrodes 3 at each end (only one of which is shown in the fig.). An electric discharge between the electrodes ionises the gas, which may be hydrogen, denterium, helium, tintium or a mixture thereof at a pressure such as to produce about 10<SP>14</SP> to 10<SP>17</SP> particles per c.c. The plasma is subjected to successive adiabatic magnetic axial compressions by means of coils 7 which are coupled together with condensers (not shown) to form an artificial line ; similar compressions are impressed on the plasma at the other end of the tube so that the two masses of compressed ions meet and react in the central space 2 of the tube. The tube may be provided with parallel plate electrodes 8 between which an R.F. field is established to feed energy to the ions by a cyclotion action between successive compressions. Coils 13 may be provided to produce a final radial compression.
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB11984/56A GB846547A (en) | 1956-04-19 | 1956-04-19 | Improvements relating to thermo nuclear reactors for producing fusion reactions |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB11984/56A GB846547A (en) | 1956-04-19 | 1956-04-19 | Improvements relating to thermo nuclear reactors for producing fusion reactions |
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GB846547A true GB846547A (en) | 1960-08-31 |
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GB11984/56A Expired GB846547A (en) | 1956-04-19 | 1956-04-19 | Improvements relating to thermo nuclear reactors for producing fusion reactions |
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Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3189523A (en) * | 1961-03-27 | 1965-06-15 | Avco Corp | Means for producing high temperature plasma |
DE1241004B (en) * | 1961-10-13 | 1967-05-24 | Ernest Lagelbauer | Method for generating a high-temperature plasma using a magnetic mirror system |
DE1241542B (en) * | 1961-05-23 | 1967-06-01 | Atomic Energy Commission | Device for generating and confining a plasma |
GB2178225B (en) * | 1985-07-16 | 1990-01-24 | English Electric Valve Co Ltd | Improvements in or relating to ignitron devices |
US4931251A (en) * | 1985-05-29 | 1990-06-05 | Kenji Watanabe | Experimental nuclear fusion reactor |
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- 1956-04-19 GB GB11984/56A patent/GB846547A/en not_active Expired
Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3189523A (en) * | 1961-03-27 | 1965-06-15 | Avco Corp | Means for producing high temperature plasma |
DE1241542B (en) * | 1961-05-23 | 1967-06-01 | Atomic Energy Commission | Device for generating and confining a plasma |
DE1241004B (en) * | 1961-10-13 | 1967-05-24 | Ernest Lagelbauer | Method for generating a high-temperature plasma using a magnetic mirror system |
US4931251A (en) * | 1985-05-29 | 1990-06-05 | Kenji Watanabe | Experimental nuclear fusion reactor |
GB2178225B (en) * | 1985-07-16 | 1990-01-24 | English Electric Valve Co Ltd | Improvements in or relating to ignitron devices |
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