Beam heated linear theta-pinch device for producing hot plasmas

Patent · Tue Jul 07 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5834854

Bohachevsky, I O

A device for producing hot plasmas comprising a single turn theta-pinch coil, a fast discharge capacitor bank connected to the coil, a fuel element disposed along the center axis of the coil, a predetermined gas disposed within the theta-pinch coil, and a high power photon, electron or ion beam generator concentrically aligned to the theta-pinch coil. Discharge of the capacitor bank generates a cylindrical plasma sheath within the theta-pinch coil which heats the outer layer of the fuel element to form a fuel element plasma layer. The beam deposits energy in either the cylindrical plasma sheath or the fuel element plasma layer to assist the implosion of the fuel element to produce a hot plasma.

• Assignee: Department of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4277305
• OSTI ID: 5834854
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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BEAMS
CAPACITORS
DESIGN
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRON BEAMS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
FUEL ELEMENTS
GASES
HOT PLASMA
ION BEAMS
LEPTON BEAMS
LINEAR PINCH DEVICES
LINEAR THETA PINCH DEVICES
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PARTICLE BEAMS
PHOTON BEAMS
PINCH DEVICES
PLASMA
REACTOR COMPONENTS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES