DEVICE FOR EFFECTING THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS

Patent · Mon Jun 08 04:00:00 EDT 1959

OSTI ID:4169385

A discharge of more than 100 ka is induced in a toroidal vessel containing deuterium or a mixture of deuterium and tritium at low pressure. This can be achieved by two impulse transformers situated at opposite ends of a diameter of the vessel. The metal wall of the vessel is interrupted at each of two places by a ring-shaped insulating insertion; in the vicinity of each such place the torus is provided internally with a "protecting" metal cylindrical sector. In addition there may be other such sectors in the rest of the torus, mutually insulated. Between any adjacent pair of sectors a high-frequency voltage can be applied to facilitate the ionization of the gas. In order to stabilize the gaseous discharge, the walls of the vessel are made thick and current windings prcduce a constant magnetic field parallel to the circular axis of the vessel.

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-14-022510
• OSTI ID: 4169385
• Report Number(s): FR 1197962
• Country of Publication: France
• Language: English

Related Subjects

COILS
CURRENTS
DEUTERIUM
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
FREQUENCY
GASES
IONIZATION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
METALS
OSCILLATIONS
PHYSICS
PLANNING
PLASMA
PRESSURE
PULSES
STABILITY
SURFACES
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
THICKNESS
TORUS
TRANSFORMERS
TRITIUM
VESSELS