# US 2019/0318834 A1 · Systems and methods for merging and compressing compact tori > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0318834 A1 - Document ID: US20190318834A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/277,441 - Filed: 2019-02-15 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-13 - Assignees: Tae Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Tae Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Michl W. Binderbauer; Vitaly Bystritskii; Toshiki Tajima - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190318834A1 ## CPC - G21B 3/006: {Fusion by impact, e.g. cluster/beam interaction, ion beam collisions, impact on a target} - G21B 1/03: with inertial plasma confinement - G21B 1/052: {reversed field configuration} - H05H 1/54: Plasma accelerators - H05H 1/16: using externally-applied electric and magnetic fields - Y02E 30/10: Nuclear fusion reactors - G21B: FUSION REACTORS (uncontrolled reactors G21J) - H05H: PLASMA TECHNIQUE (apparatus or processes specially adapted for producing X-rays H05G2/00); PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-38. (canceled) ### Claim 39 A method of merging and compressing compact tori plasma within in a system comprising a central chamber, diametrically opposed formation sections, one or more acceleration stages, and a plurality compression stages interposing the formation sections and adjacent acceleration stages, and the central chamber and adjacent acceleration stages, the steps comprising forming and accelerating compact tori in a staged symmetric sequence within the formation sections and the acceleration stages towards a mid-plane of the central chamber, passively adiabatically compressing the compact tori within the compression sections, and magnetically compressing a merged compact tori within the central chamber. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39 wherein the steps of forming, accelerating and compressing compact tori results in the compact tori colliding and merging within the central chamber. ### Claim 41 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39 wherein the steps of forming and accelerating the compact tori includes powering active magnetic coils about and axially along the formation sections and acceleration stages. ### Claim 42 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39, wherein the step of compressing the compact tori includes translating the compact tori through conically constricting flux conservers of the compression stages. ### Claim 43 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39, wherein the step of forming and accelerating the compact tori further comprises synchronously firing diametrically opposed pairs of active magnetic coils positioned about and along the formation and acceleration sections. ### Claim 44 (depends on 43) The method of claim 43, wherein the step of magnetically compressing a merged compact tori comprises synchronously firing active magnetic coils positioned about and along the compression chamber with the firing active magnetic coils positioned about and along the formation and acceleration sections. ### Claim 45 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39 wherein the compression sections interpose the central chamber and adjacent acceleration stages. ### Claim 46 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39 further comprising the step of generating a DC guide field within and axially extending through the compression chamber, the formation sections, the acceleration stages, and the compression stages. ### Claim 47 A method of merging and compressing compact tori plasma within in a system comprising a central chamber, a formation section, one or more acceleration stages, and one or more compression stages interposing the formation section and an adjacent acceleration stage and adjacent acceleration stages, the steps comprising forming and accelerating a first compact toroid in a staged sequence within the formation section and the one or more acceleration stages towards a mid-plane of the central chamber to collide and merge with a second compact toroid, passively adiabatically compressing the first compact toroid within the one or more compression stages, and magnetically compressing a merged compact toroid of the first and second compact tori within the central chamber. ### Claim 48 (depends on 47) The method of claim 47 wherein the steps of forming, accelerating and compressing the first compact toroid results in the first compact toroid colliding and merging with the second compact toroid within the central chamber. ### Claim 49 (depends on 47) The method of claim 47 wherein the steps of forming and accelerating the first compact toroid include powering active magnetic coils about and axially along the formation section and the one or more acceleration stages. ### Claim 50 (depends on 47) The method of claim 47, wherein the step of compressing the first compact toroid includes translating the compact toroid through a conically constricting flux conserver of the one or more compression stages. ### Claim 51 (depends on 47) The method of claim 47, wherein the step of forming and accelerating the first compact toroid further comprises synchronously firing the active magnetic coils positioned about and along the formation and acceleration sections with the positioning of the second compact toroid within the central chamber. ### Claim 52 (depends on 47) The method of claim 47 wherein the one or more compression stages interpose the central chamber and an adjacent acceleration stage. ### Claim 53 (depends on 47) The method of claim 47 further comprising the step of generating a DC guide field within and axially extending through the compression chamber, the formation sections, the acceleration stages, and the compression stages. ### Claim 54 (depends on 47) The method of claim 47 further comprising the steps forming and accelerating the second compact toroid in a staged sequence within the formation section and the one or more acceleration stages towards a mid-plane of the central chamber, passively adiabatically compressing the second compact toroid within the one or more compression stages, and biasing the second compact toroid back toward the mid-plane of the central chamber as it passes through the central chamber with a mirror positioned adjacent an end of the central chamber. ### Claim 55 (depends on 47) The method of claim 47 further comprising the steps forming and accelerating the second compact toroid in a staged sequence within the formation section and the one or more acceleration stages towards a mid-plane of the central chamber, passively adiabatically compressing the second compact toroid within the one or more compression stages, and biasing the second compact toroid back toward the mid-plane of the central chamber as it passes through the central chamber with a bounce cone positioned adjacent an end of the central chamber. ### Claim at position 19 56-57. (canceled) ### Claim 58 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39 wherein the compact tori are one of FRC and spheromak starter plasmas. ### Claim 59 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39 wherein the compression sections are formed from conducting material and the central compression chamber and the formation and acceleration sections are formed from non-conducting material.