Systems and methods for merging and compressing compact tori
AssigneeTae Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMichl W. Binderbauer, Vitaly Bystritskii, Toshiki Tajima
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Abstract
Systems and methods utilizing successive, axially symmetric acceleration and adiabatic compression stages to heat and accelerate two compact tori towards each other and ultimately collide and compress the compact tori within a central chamber. Alternatively, systems and methods utilizing successive, axially asymmetric acceleration and adiabatic compression stages to heat and accelerate a first compact toroid towards and position within a central chamber and to heat and accelerate a second compact toroid towards the central chamber and ultimately collide and merge the first and second compact toroids and compress the compact merge tori within the central chamber.
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A system for merging and compressing compact tori plasma comprising
- a central chamber,
- first and second diametrically opposed compact tori plasma formation sections, the first and second formation sections comprising modularized formation and acceleration systems for generating first and second compact tori plasma and axially accelerating the compact tori plasma and translating the compact tori plasma towards a mid-plane of the compression chamber,
- first and second diametrically opposed compression sections coupled on a first end to an exit end of the first and second formation sections, and on a second end to first and second diametrically opposed ends of the central chamber, the first and second compression sections being configured to compress the compact tori plasma as the compact tori plasma traverse the first and second compression sections towards the mid-plane of the compression chamber.
A system for merging and compressing compact tori plasma comprising
- a central chamber,
- a pair of diametrically opposed formation sections,
- a pair of diametrically opposed compression sections interposing the formation sections and the central chamber, the pair of compression sections having a conically constricting shape in a direction toward a midplane of the central chamber, and
- a magnetic system configured to enable compact tori plasma formation in the pair of formation section, axial acceleration of the compact tori plasma toward the midplane of the central chamber, and magnetic compression of the compact tori plasma within the central chamber.
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