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US 2018/0005711 A1Published application
Reactor using azimuthally varying electrical fields
OwnerAlfred Y. Wonginventor
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, devices, and systems for producing and controlling and fusion activities of nuclei. Hydrogen atoms or other neutral species (neutrals) are induced to rotational motion in a confinement region as a result of ion-neutral coupling, in which ions are driven by electric fields. The controlled fusion activities cover a spectrum of reactions including aneutronic reactions such as proton-boron-11 fusion reactions.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a confining wall having a substantially cylindrical inner surface that has an axis, wherein the confining wall at least partially encloses a confinement region;
- a plurality of electrodes azimuthally distributed along the confining wall;
- an inlet to the confinement region for permitting introduction of neutrals to the confinement region;
- a control system comprising a voltage and/or current source configured to sequentially apply one or more potentials to each of the plurality of electrodes to thereby induce and/or maintain rotational movement of ions and the neutrals in the confinement region;
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- a reactant attached to or embedded in the confining wall such that, during operation, repeated collisions between the neutrals and the reactant produce an interaction with the reactant that gives off energy and produces a product having a nuclear mass that is different from a nuclear mass of any of the nuclei of the neutrals and the reactant.
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A method comprising:
- introducing neutrals to a confinement region;
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- sequentially applying one or more potentials to each of a plurality of electrodes azimuthally distributed along a confining wall, wherein the confining wall has a substantially cylindrical inner surface that has an axis, and wherein the confining wall at least partially encloses the confinement region,
- wherein sequentially applying the one or more potentials to each of the plurality of electrodes induces and/or maintains rotational movement of ions and the neutrals in the confinement region, and
- wherein the rotational movement of the neutrals produces repeated collisions between the neutrals and a reactant to produce an interaction with the reactant that gives off energy and produces a product having a nuclear mass that is different from a nuclear mass of any of the nuclei of the neutrals and the reactant, wherein the reactant is attached to or embedded in the confining wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.