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Tokamak plasma heating with intensce, pulsed ion beams

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5705497
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An intense, space-charge-neutralized, pulsed ion beam is used to heat a magnetically-confined plasma, such as tokamak plasma, by injecting the ion beam into the plasma along a trajectory that is generally tangential to the confining magnetic field. The intense ion beam is injected into the tokamak before the plasma is fully formed, the remainder of the plasma is formed around the beam, and the beam transfers its energy to the plasma by classical collisions with the electrons and ions of the plasma. Heating of the plasma can be sufficient to produce breakeven or ignition.
Assignee:
Secretary of the Navy
Patent Number(s):
US 4548782
OSTI ID:
5705497
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700205* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Fuel
Heating
& Injection Systems
BEAM INJECTION
BEAM INJECTION HEATING
BEAMS
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
CONFINEMENT
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEATING
ION BEAM INJECTION
ION BEAMS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLASMA
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA HEATING
PLASMA PRODUCTION
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK DEVICES