Fusion confinement device that forms a toroidal interior chamber having a rifling and an electronic controller electrically coupled to the fusion confinement device that is operable to control a plurality of pulses of electrical energy to the rifling

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;
• 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;
• 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;
• and
• an electronic controller electrically coupled to the first electrical line that is operable to control a plurality of pulses of electrical energy to the rifling of the hollow toroidal interior chamber,
• wherein during each pulse of the electrical energy, the electrical energy in the rifling of the hollow toroidal interior chamber causes a flux invariant A.B that is burned in a magnetic vector potential into a plasma, causing the plasma to persist, causing creation of helical magnetic fields in the plasma in the hollow toroidal interior chamber.