Tokamak with liquid metal toroidal field coil
Abstract
Tokamak apparatus includes a pressure vessel for defining a reservoir and confining liquid therein. A toroidal liner disposed within the pressure vessel defines a toroidal space within the liner. Liquid metal fills the reservoir outside said liner. Electric current is passed through the liquid metal over a conductive path linking the toroidal space to produce a toroidal magnetic field within the toroidal space about the major axis thereof. Toroidal plasma is developed within the toroidal space about the major axis thereof.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- GA Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864072
- Patent Number(s):
- 4305783
- Application Number:
- 06/015962
- Assignee:
- The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (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
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1979 Feb 28
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- tokamak; liquid; metal; toroidal; field; coil; apparatus; pressure; vessel; defining; reservoir; confining; therein; liner; disposed; defines; space; fills; outside; electric; current; passed; conductive; path; linking; produce; magnetic; major; axis; plasma; developed; liner disposed; toroidal magnet; major axis; toroidal space; toroidal magnetic; electric current; toroidal plasma; pressure vessel; magnetic field; liquid metal; toroidal field; conductive path; field coil; reservoir outside; vessel defines; metal fills; tokamak apparatus; confining liquid; toroidal liner; liquid therein; metal toroidal; vessel define; /376/
Citation Formats
Ohkawa, Tihiro, and Schaffer, Michael J. Tokamak with liquid metal toroidal field coil. United States: N. p., 1981.
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Ohkawa, Tihiro, & Schaffer, Michael J. Tokamak with liquid metal toroidal field coil. United States.
Ohkawa, Tihiro, and Schaffer, Michael J. Thu .
"Tokamak with liquid metal toroidal field coil". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864072.
@article{osti_864072,
title = {Tokamak with liquid metal toroidal field coil},
author = {Ohkawa, Tihiro and Schaffer, Michael J.},
abstractNote = {Tokamak apparatus includes a pressure vessel for defining a reservoir and confining liquid therein. A toroidal liner disposed within the pressure vessel defines a toroidal space within the liner. Liquid metal fills the reservoir outside said liner. Electric current is passed through the liquid metal over a conductive path linking the toroidal space to produce a toroidal magnetic field within the toroidal space about the major axis thereof. Toroidal plasma is developed within the toroidal space about the major axis thereof.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {1981},
month = {1}
}
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