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US 3,937,917 AGranted
Method for producing and heating a plasma
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorTerenzio Consoli
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Abstract
Microwave-frequency electromagnetic energy is stored in a superconducting resonant structure. The non-ionized solid material from which the plasma is to be obtained is placed within said structure and this latter is excited by a generator of the klystron type. When the stored energy attains maximum value, pre-ionization is initiated by means such as a solid-state laser associated with an optical system in order to create an absorbent load into which the energy is discharged.
Claims8
A method for producing and heating a plasma, comprising the steps of:
- locating non-ionized solid material from which the plasma is to be obtained within a superconducting resonant cavity structure;
- storing microwave-frequency electromagnetic energy in said superconducting resonant cavity structure;
- and then
- pre-ionizing said solid material to create an absorbent load into which the previously-stored electromagnetic energy is discharged to thereby produce said plasma and heat said produced plasma.
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