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US 2026/0204435 A1Published application
Systems, Methods and Apparatus of an Experimental Nuclear Fusion Reactor having a Hollow Toroidal Interior Chamber with a Rifled Interior Surface that is Operable to Form an Electromagnetic Foil Along a Ridge of the Rifled Interior Surface
OwnerJohn Brandenburg, Michael G. Smithinventors
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations an experimental fusion system includes a housing having a hollow toroidal interior chamber, wherein the hollow toroidal interior chamber includes an interior surface having rifling, an electromagnetic foil forming along a ridge of the rifling.
Claims11
An experimental fusion system comprising:
- a first half-shell enclosing a first hemisphere of a hollow toroidal interior chamber;
- a second half-shell enclosing a second hemisphere of the hollow toroidal interior chamber, the first hemisphere and the second hemisphere forming two hemispheres;
- wherein the first hemisphere of the hollow toroidal interior chamber and the second hemisphere of the hollow toroidal interior chamber form the hollow toroidal interior chamber;
- wherein the hollow toroidal interior chamber includes an interior surface having rifling;
- wherein the first half-shell and the second half-shell both have a diameter of at least 1 meter and no more than 3 meters;
- wherein the first half-shell and the second half-shell are fastened together;
- a first flange on an outer perimeter of the first half-shell and that extends away from a center axis of the experimental fusion system;
- a second flange on the outer perimeter of the second half-shell and that extends away from the center axis of the experimental fusion system;
- an insulator that is positioned between the first flange of the first half-shell and the second half-shell of the second half-shell;
- a conductive center piece that is between an inner perimeter of the first half-shell and the inner perimeter of the second half-shell, but is absent between the center axis and the hemispheres of the first half-shell and the second half-shell, putting the first half-shell in electrical contact with the second half-shell;
- wherein the experimental fusion system does not include electromagnetic coils;
- further comprising an electronic controller that generates a plurality of pulses of electrical energy;
- a first electrical line electrically coupled to the first half-shell;
- a second electrical line electrically coupled to the second half-shell;
- an electrical source electrically coupled to first electrical lines;
- an electrical sink electrically coupled to the second electrical line, wherein the electrical sink includes an electrical conditioner electrically coupled to an electrical power distribution grid;
- a gas injector mounted in either the first hemisphere of the hollow toroidal interior chamber or the second hemisphere of the hollow toroidal interior chamber, that receives a gas from outside the hollow toroidal interior chamber and injects the gas into the hollow toroidal interior chamber;
- wherein the gas is argon, helium or air;
- a fuel injector mounted in either the first hemisphere of the hollow toroidal interior chamber or the second hemisphere of the hollow toroidal interior chamber, that receives a fuel from outside the hollow toroidal interior chamber and injects the fuel into the hollow toroidal interior chamber;
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- a gas sensor mounted in either the first hemisphere of the hollow toroidal interior chamber or the second hemisphere of the hollow toroidal interior chamber, that determines a composition of the gas and a pressure of the gas inside the hollow toroidal interior chamber and transmits the composition and the pressure of the gas in the hollow toroidal interior chamber,
- an electromagnetic foil forming along a ridge of the rifling when the electrical source applies an electrical power to the first electrical lines, which applies the electrical power to the rifling of the interior surface of the hollow toroidal interior chamber, thus forming the electromagnetic foil along the ridge of the rifling.
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