Tokamak with mechanical compression of toroidal magnetic field
Abstract
A tokamak apparatus includes a pressure vessel for defining a reservoir and confining liquid therein. A collapsible toroidal liner disposed within the pressure vessel defines a toroidal space within the liner. Liquid metal fills the reservoir outside said liner. A toroidal magnetic field is developed within the toroidal space about the major axis thereof. A toroidal plasma is developed within the toroidal space about the major axis thereof. Pressure is applied to the liquid metal to collapse the liner and reduce the volume of the toroidal space, thereby increasing the toroidal magnetic flux density therein.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- GA Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 864073
- Patent Number(s):
- 4305784
- Application Number:
- 06/015964
- 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; mechanical; compression; toroidal; magnetic; field; apparatus; pressure; vessel; defining; reservoir; confining; liquid; therein; collapsible; liner; disposed; defines; space; metal; fills; outside; developed; major; axis; plasma; applied; collapse; reduce; volume; increasing; flux; density; liner disposed; toroidal magnet; major axis; toroidal space; toroidal magnetic; toroidal plasma; magnetic flux; pressure vessel; magnetic field; liquid metal; reservoir outside; mechanical compression; vessel defines; metal fills; flux density; tokamak apparatus; confining liquid; toroidal liner; liquid therein; vessel define; /376/
Citation Formats
Ohkawa, Tihiro. Tokamak with mechanical compression of toroidal magnetic field. United States: N. p., 1981.
Web.
Ohkawa, Tihiro. Tokamak with mechanical compression of toroidal magnetic field. United States.
Ohkawa, Tihiro. Thu .
"Tokamak with mechanical compression of toroidal magnetic field". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/864073.
@article{osti_864073,
title = {Tokamak with mechanical compression of toroidal magnetic field},
author = {Ohkawa, Tihiro},
abstractNote = {A tokamak apparatus includes a pressure vessel for defining a reservoir and confining liquid therein. A collapsible toroidal liner disposed within the pressure vessel defines a toroidal space within the liner. Liquid metal fills the reservoir outside said liner. A toroidal magnetic field is developed within the toroidal space about the major axis thereof. A toroidal plasma is developed within the toroidal space about the major axis thereof. Pressure is applied to the liquid metal to collapse the liner and reduce the volume of the toroidal space, thereby increasing the toroidal magnetic flux density therein.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1981},
month = {1}
}
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