Staged Z-pinch for the production of high-flux neutrons and net energy
Abstract
A fusible target is embedded in a high Z liner, ohmically heated and then shock wave heated by implosion of an enveloping high Z liner. The target is adiabatically heated by compression, fusibly ignited and charged-particle heated as it is being ignited. A shock front forms as the liner implodes which shock front detaches from the more slowly moving liner, collides with the outer surface of the target, accelerates inward, rapidly heating the target, adiabatically compressing the target and liner and amplifying the current to converge the liner mass toward a central axis thereby compressing the target to a fusion condition when it begins to ignite and produce charged particles. The charged particles are trapped in a large magnetic field surrounding the target. The energy of the charged particles is deposited into the target to further heat the target to produce an energy gain.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1411387
- Patent Number(s):
- 9839111
- Application Number:
- 12/847,843
- Assignee:
- The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21B - FUSION REACTORS
H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05H - PLASMA TECHNIQUE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-06ER54877; FG03-93ER54220
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2010 Jul 30
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Wessel, Frank J., Rahman, Hafiz Ur, Rostoker, Norman, and Ney, Paul. Staged Z-pinch for the production of high-flux neutrons and net energy. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web.
Wessel, Frank J., Rahman, Hafiz Ur, Rostoker, Norman, & Ney, Paul. Staged Z-pinch for the production of high-flux neutrons and net energy. United States.
Wessel, Frank J., Rahman, Hafiz Ur, Rostoker, Norman, and Ney, Paul. Tue .
"Staged Z-pinch for the production of high-flux neutrons and net energy". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1411387.
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abstractNote = {A fusible target is embedded in a high Z liner, ohmically heated and then shock wave heated by implosion of an enveloping high Z liner. The target is adiabatically heated by compression, fusibly ignited and charged-particle heated as it is being ignited. A shock front forms as the liner implodes which shock front detaches from the more slowly moving liner, collides with the outer surface of the target, accelerates inward, rapidly heating the target, adiabatically compressing the target and liner and amplifying the current to converge the liner mass toward a central axis thereby compressing the target to a fusion condition when it begins to ignite and produce charged particles. The charged particles are trapped in a large magnetic field surrounding the target. The energy of the charged particles is deposited into the target to further heat the target to produce an energy gain.},
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