GB867315A - Method and apparatus for heating a plasma - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for heating a plasma

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GB867315A
GB867315A GB15664/59A GB1566459A GB867315A GB 867315 A GB867315 A GB 867315A GB 15664/59 A GB15664/59 A GB 15664/59A GB 1566459 A GB1566459 A GB 1566459A GB 867315 A GB867315 A GB 867315A
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plasma
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21B—FUSION REACTORS
    • G21B1/00—Thermonuclear fusion reactors
    • G21B1/05—Thermonuclear fusion reactors with magnetic or electric plasma confinement
    • G21B1/055—Stellarators
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/10—Nuclear fusion reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
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Abstract

867,315. Nuclear fusion reactors. UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. May 7, 1959 [June 30, 1958], No. 15664/59. Class 39(4). Apparatus for transferring energy to a plasma comprises means for establishing a plasma in an evacuated zone, and means for transferring energy to a natural resonance in the plasma. In the toroidal fusion reactor shown in Fig. 1 the heating section 103 comprises an insulating tube 70 surrounded by a coil 68 which is in four sections wound alternately clockwise and anticlockwise. The coil is energised by a radiofrequency generator tuned to the ion cyclotron frequency or to a frequency slightly less than the ion cyclotron frequency. At each side of the heating section 103 is a coil 121, which produces a magnetic field decreasing in intensity away from section 103 and serves to convert the energy of the ions into random motion, and a reflector coil 122 which produces an intense magnetic field. Coils 121 and 122 may be connected in series with coil 20 which surrounds the toroidal vessel 10 and which is continued across section 103 by coil 114. Vessel 10 is also surrounded by helical windings 22 and by coils 28, 36 which ionise the gas within the vessel and heat it ohmically; the vessel includes a divertor section 42 for removing impurity ions and a duct 21 for evacuating and filling it. The heating section in combination with one reflecting section may be used to pump gas from one region to another, to separate ions of different charge-to-mass ratios, or as an ion propulsion rocket motor.
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