Systems and methods for additively manufactured targets for inertial confinement fusion
AssigneeLawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
InventorsWidianto Putra MOESTOPO, Xiaoxing Xia, Gregory Elijah Kemp
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a target capsule apparatus for holding a fuel. In some embodiments the target capsule may be used to hold a fuel used in an inertial confinement fusion power plant. In one embodiment the apparatus may have an additively manufactured outer shell having an inner surface, and an interior area of the outer shell forms a volume adapted to contain the fuel. The inner surface may have a varying density which decreases in a radially inward direction towards an axial center of the outer shell.
Claims21
A target capsule apparatus for holding a fusion fuel, the apparatus comprising:
- an additively manufactured outer shell having an inner surface and an interior area of the outer shell forming volume adapted to contain the fuel;
- and
- the inner surface of the outer shell having a varying density which decreases in a radially inward direction towards an axial center of the outer shell.
A target capsule apparatus for holding a fuel, the apparatus comprising:
- an additively manufactured outer shell having an inner surface and an interior area of the outer shell forming interior volume adapted to contain the fuel;
- the outer shell further including an opening formed therein;
- a tubular portion projecting outwardly from the outer shell and communicating with the interior volume of the outer shell, and being integrally formed with the outer shell.
A method for forming a target capsule apparatus for holding a fuel, the method comprising:
- additively manufacturing:
- an outer shell having an inner surface, with an interior area of the outer shell forming volume adapted to contain the fuel;
- and
- a tubular neck portion integrally formed with the outer shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.