CUSP-PINCH DEVICE

Patent · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:4839772

Baker, W R; Watteau, J P.H.

An ion-electron plasma heating device of the pinch tube class is designed with novel means for counteracting the instabilities of an ordinary linear pinch discharge. A plasma-forming discharge is created between two spacedapart coaxial electiodes through a gas such as deuterium. A pair of spaced coaxial magnetic field coils encircle the discharge and carry opposing currents so that a magnetic field having a cuspate configuration is created around the plasma, the field being formed after the plasma has been established but before significant instability arises. Thus, containment time is increased and intensified heating is obtained. In addition to the pinch compression heating additional heating is obtained by high-frequency magnetic field modulation. (AEC)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-16-019879
• Assignee: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
• Patent Number(s): US 3038099
• OSTI ID: 4839772
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

COILS
CONFIGURATION
CONFINEMENT
CONTAINMENT TIME
CURRENTS
CUSPED GEOMETRIES
DEUTERIUM
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRODES
ELECTRONS
ENERGY
FREQUENCY
GASES
HEATING
IONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MODULATION
PHYSICS
PINCH
PLANNING
PLASMA
PRESSURE
STABILITY
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TUBES