Device for the implementation of accelerated ion-based nuclear fusion reactions
OwnerBruno SANGLE-FERRIEREinventor
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Abstract
Device for implementing accelerated ion-based nuclear fusion reactions that includes an enclosure configured to contain a source material and a target, a system of at least partial ionization of the source material, an ion accelerator configured to accelerate the ionized source material to the target so as to cause the atomic nuclei of the ionized source material to fuse with atomic nuclei of the target, a heat recovery material in thermal contact with the target, and a system for converting the thermal energy recovered by the heat recovery material into electrical energy configured to supply at least part of the ion accelerator and/or ionization system.
Claims28
A device for implementing nuclear fusion reactions, comprising:
- an enclosure configured to contain a source material and a target,
- an ionization system configured to at least partially ionize the source material,
- an ion accelerator configured to accelerate the ionized source material towards the target so as to cause the atomic nuclei of the ionized source material to fuse with atomic nuclei of the target,
- at least one heat recovery material in thermal contact with the target, the heat recovery material being a heat-conductive material, and/or a heat transfer material,
- a system configured to convert thermal energy recovered by the heat recovery material into electrical energy configured to power at least in part the ion accelerator and/or ionization system.
The device according to claim 4, further comprising an output waveguide configured to guide an amplified light not absorbed by the source material to the optical input of the enclosure from an optical output of the said enclosure.
The device according to claim 17, wherein the heat-conducting material constitutes at least part of a wall of a chemical reactor.
The device according to claim 20, wherein the heat-absorbing material is chosen among water, olefin, a mix of carbon dioxide and dihydrogen, methane, plastics, dinitrogen, zinc oxide, a mix of zinc oxide and dihydrogen, sulfuric acid H2SO4, and hydrogen iodide HI.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.