GB873057A - Magnetic end closures for controlled fusion reactors - Google Patents

Magnetic end closures for controlled fusion reactors

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GB873057A
GB873057A GB10316/59A GB1031659A GB873057A GB 873057 A GB873057 A GB 873057A GB 10316/59 A GB10316/59 A GB 10316/59A GB 1031659 A GB1031659 A GB 1031659A GB 873057 A GB873057 A GB 873057A
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reactor
troughs
reduced
magnetic
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US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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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
    • H05H1/14—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 wherein the containment vessel is straight and has magnetic mirrors
    • 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)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Spectroscopy & Molecular Physics (AREA)
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Abstract

873,057. Nuclear fusion reactors. UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. March 25, 1959 [May 8, 1958], No. 10316/59. Class 39(4). A device for containing charged particles in a thermonuclear reactor comprises coaxial solenoid means located at opposite ends of the reactor, each solenoid means being arranged to produce, when energised, a number of axially spaced reflector field regions of increased magnetic intensity defining trapping cell regions of reduced magnetic intensity between them so that axial losses of charged particles from the reactor are reduced. As shown in Fig. 2, coils 11 may be provided at each end of the reactor tube 12 and energised by equal currents to produce equal peaks of magnetic field spaced apart by troughs which form the trapping zones. The lengths of the troughs, that is the spacing of the coils, should be less than the mean free path of particles, and this can be reduced by injecting plasma (i.e. fuel ions and electrons) into the troughs from sources 14. in a modification, Fig. 4 (not shown), the peaks of magnetic. field increase in magnitude towards the ends of the tube which may taper correspondingly.
GB10316/59A 1958-05-08 1959-03-25 Magnetic end closures for controlled fusion reactors Expired GB873057A (en)

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Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US4127442A (en) * 1977-06-16 1978-11-28 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Charge exchange cooling in the tandem mirror plasma confinement apparatus
US4390495A (en) * 1981-01-19 1983-06-28 Energy Profiles, Inc. Control of colliding ion beams
US4390494A (en) * 1980-04-07 1983-06-28 Energy Profiles, Inc. Directed beam fusion reaction with ion spin alignment
US4397810A (en) * 1979-03-16 1983-08-09 Energy Profiles, Inc. Compressed beam directed particle nuclear energy generator
US11856683B2 (en) 2021-03-22 2023-12-26 N.T. Tao Ltd. High efficiency plasma creation system and method

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FR1375083A (en) * 1963-07-12 1964-10-16 Commissariat Energie Atomique Double conductive structure for the magnetic confinement of an ionized gas
US4166760A (en) * 1977-10-04 1979-09-04 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Plasma confinement apparatus using solenoidal and mirror coils
US11049619B1 (en) 2019-12-23 2021-06-29 Lockheed Martin Corporation Plasma creation and heating via magnetic reconnection in an encapsulated linear ring cusp

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4127442A (en) * 1977-06-16 1978-11-28 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Charge exchange cooling in the tandem mirror plasma confinement apparatus
US4397810A (en) * 1979-03-16 1983-08-09 Energy Profiles, Inc. Compressed beam directed particle nuclear energy generator
US4390494A (en) * 1980-04-07 1983-06-28 Energy Profiles, Inc. Directed beam fusion reaction with ion spin alignment
US4390495A (en) * 1981-01-19 1983-06-28 Energy Profiles, Inc. Control of colliding ion beams
US11856683B2 (en) 2021-03-22 2023-12-26 N.T. Tao Ltd. High efficiency plasma creation system and method

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