Thermal cavitation focusing, inertial containment test equipment
OwnerJason Hornkohlinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling cavitation to form a high pressure zone and/or jets of material is provided by the present invention. A unstable, superheated phase bubble is created by applying a voltage pulse to a firing resistor in a reaction chamber and imploded to produce a high pressure region. The reaction chamber has sloped edges that focus opposing shock waves created by the imploding phase bubble toward a high pressure reacting region. The liquid is filled with deuterium, tritium, uranium, unstable isotopes, and/or other materials that are susceptible to nuclear or chemical reactions at high pressures. The resulting reactions can be used for countless applications.
Claims20
An apparatus for producing a high pressure zone, said apparatus comprising:
- a microprocessor for controlling said apparatus;
- a pulse generator for selectively producing a voltage pulse having a predetermined magnitude and duration at the request of said microprocessor;
- a heating element for receiving said voltage pulse and producing a superheated bubble in a liquid;
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- a reaction chamber for focusing the implosion of the superheated bubble into a high pressure zone.
A device for focusing the implosion of a bubble into a high pressure region, said device comprising:
- a resistive heating element for producing a phase bubble in a liquid;
- a microprocessor for producing a firing pulse and circuitry for providing said firing pulse to said resistive heating element;
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- a reaction chamber containing said resistive element for focusing the implosion of the phase bubble into a high pressure zone.
A bubble imploding device for shaping an expansion and contraction of a phase bubble toward a reaction zone, said device comprising a reaction chamber having a resistive element for producing a phase bubble in a liquid wherein said reaction chamber has sidewalls for shaping an expansion of said phase bubble during a heating phase of said bubble implosion and shaping an implosion of the phase bubble in an implosion phase of said bubble implosion such that said bubble implodes upon a central reaction area of said reaction chamber to produce a high pressure point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.