Tokamak with liquid metal for inducing toroidal electrical field
Abstract
A tokamak apparatus includes a vessel for defining a reservoir and confining liquid therein. A toroidal liner disposed within said vessel defines a toroidal space within the liner confines gas therein. Liquid metal fills the reservoir outside the liner. A magnetic field is established in the liquid metal to develop magnetic flux linking the toroidal space. The gas is ionized. The liquid metal and the toroidal space are moved relative to one another transversely of the space to generate electric current in the ionized gas in the toroidal space about its major axis and thereby heat plasma developed in the toroidal space.
- Inventors:
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- La Jolla, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- GA Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864006
- Patent Number(s):
- 4292126
- Application Number:
- 06/015963
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21B - FUSION REACTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES 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
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT03-76ET51011
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- tokamak; liquid; metal; inducing; toroidal; electrical; field; apparatus; vessel; defining; reservoir; confining; therein; liner; disposed; defines; space; confines; gas; fills; outside; magnetic; established; flux; linking; ionized; moved; relative; transversely; generate; electric; current; major; axis; heat; plasma; developed; ionized gas; liner disposed; electrical field; major axis; toroidal space; electric current; magnetic flux; magnetic field; liquid metal; moved relative; reservoir outside; toroidal electric; vessel defines; metal fills; gas therein; tokamak apparatus; confining liquid; toroidal liner; liquid therein; generate electric; vessel define; /376/
Citation Formats
Ohkawa, Tihiro. Tokamak with liquid metal for inducing toroidal electrical field. United States: N. p., 1981.
Web.
Ohkawa, Tihiro. Tokamak with liquid metal for inducing toroidal electrical field. United States.
Ohkawa, Tihiro. Thu .
"Tokamak with liquid metal for inducing toroidal electrical field". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864006.
@article{osti_864006,
title = {Tokamak with liquid metal for inducing toroidal electrical field},
author = {Ohkawa, Tihiro},
abstractNote = {A tokamak apparatus includes a vessel for defining a reservoir and confining liquid therein. A toroidal liner disposed within said vessel defines a toroidal space within the liner confines gas therein. Liquid metal fills the reservoir outside the liner. A magnetic field is established in the liquid metal to develop magnetic flux linking the toroidal space. The gas is ionized. The liquid metal and the toroidal space are moved relative to one another transversely of the space to generate electric current in the ionized gas in the toroidal space about its major axis and thereby heat plasma developed in the toroidal space.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1981},
month = {1}
}
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