Method and apparatus for compressing plasma to a high energy state
OwnerBrent Freezeinventor
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Abstract
A compressor assembly and the method of using the same which includes an elongated spiral passageway within which a compact toroid plasma, such as a compact toroid plasma structure, can be efficiently compressed to a high-energy state by compressing the compact toroid plasma structure by its own momentum against the wall of the spiral passageway in a manner to induce heating by conservation of energy. The compressor assembly also includes a burn chamber that is in communication with the spiral passageway and into which the compressed compact toroid plasma structure is introduced following its compression.
Claims9
A plasma compression apparatus comprising a plasma compressor constructed from an electrically conductive material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, steel, copper, silicon, magnesium, carbon-carbon composites, molybdenum, niobium and rhenium, said plasma compressor having an inlet, an outlet, a centrally located burn chamber and a spiral passageway interconnecting said inlet with said burn chamber, said spiral passageway being of progressively decreasing diameter and having a continuous wall coated with a low atomic number, electrically conductive material;
- a plasma source subsystem connected to said inlet of said plasma compressor, said plasma source subsystem including dipole loop antenna coils powered by a radio frequency generator;
- a vacuum pump subsystem connected to said outlet of said plasma compressor;
- a wall-cleaning subsystem operably associated with said plasma compressor for cleaning said continuous wall of said spiral passageway;
- and a heat exchanger operably associated with said plasma compressor for converting products of the plasma compression to electrical energy.
A plasma compression apparatus comprising a plasma compressor comprising two sealably interconnected portions constructed from an electrically conductive alloy, said plasma compressor having an inlet, an outlet, a centrally located burn chamber and a spiral passageway interconnecting said inlet with said burn chamber, said spiral passageway being of progressively decreasing diameter and having a continuous wall coated with an electrically conductive material selected from the group consisting of lithium-silicon, beryllium, and diboride ceramic;
- a plasma source subsystem configured to deliver plasma to said inlet of said plasma compressor;
- a vacuum pump subsystem connected to said outlet of said plasma compressor;
- a wall-cleaning subsystem operably associated with said plasma compressor for cleaning said continuous wall of said spiral passageway;
- and a prime mover subsystem connected to said outlet of said plasma compressor, said prime mover subsystem being configured to convert products of the plasma compression to electrical energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.