# US 9,497,844 B2 · Plasma flow interaction simulator

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- Number: US 9,497,844 B2
- Document ID: US9497844B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/592,758
- Filed: 2015-01-08
- Published: 2015-06-11
- Granted: 2016-11-15
- Earliest claimed: 2007-10-24
- Assignees: Torus Tech LLC
- Applicants: Torus Tech LLC
- Inventors: Nassim Haramein
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9497844B2

## CPC

- H05H 1/12: wherein the containment vessel forms a closed or nearly closed loop {(G21B1/05 takes precedence)}
- G06F 30/20: Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30)
- G06F 30/28: using fluid dynamics, e.g. using Navier-Stokes equations or computational fluid dynamics [CFD]
- G09B 23/06: for physics
- G09B 23/12: of liquids or gases
- H02K 44/06: Induction pumps
- H02K 44/085: {with conducting liquids}
- H05H 1/0006: {Investigating plasma, e.g. measuring the degree of ionisation or the electron temperature}
- H05H 1/03: using electrostatic fields
- H05H 1/04: using magnetic fields substantially generated by the discharge in the plasma
- G06F 2111/10: Numerical modelling
- H05H: PLASMA TECHNIQUE (apparatus or processes specially adapted for producing X-rays H05G2/00); PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})

## Abstract

A plasma interaction simulator is presented. The simulator magnetically induces multiple distinct flows of plasma within a physical plasma vessel. The plasma flows collide with each other at flow interaction boundaries where discontinuities arising due to differences between the flows give rise to interactions. Sensors can be incorporated into the plasma simulator to observe and collect data about the plasma flow interactions.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A plasma flow simulator, the simulator comprising
a plasma vessel containing a plasma and having an at least partially rounded interior surface, an upper portion and a lower portion;
conducting loops disposed around at least a portion of the plasma vessel, the conducting loops including a first conducting loop substantially orthogonal to a second conducting loop, and wherein the conducting loops are configured to yield magnetic fields that magnetically induce a first toroidal plasma flow in the upper portion of the plasma vessel, and a second toroidal plasma flow in the lower portion of the plasma vessel; and
wherein at least one of the first and second conducting loops is disposed around an entire circumference of the plasma vessel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The simulator of claim 1, wherein the first and second plasma flows form a flow interaction boundary between the flows.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The simulator of claim 2, wherein the interaction boundary comprises an opposed flow interaction between the first and the second plasma flows.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The simulator of claim 2, wherein the interaction boundary comprises a substantially aligned flow interaction between the first and the second plasma flows.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The simulator of claim 1, wherein a speed of the first plasma flow is different than that of the second plasma flow.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The simulator of claim 1, wherein the first conducting loop comprises a rib conducting loop and the second conducting loop comprises a first coil conduction loop.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The simulator of claim 6, wherein the conducting loops further include a second coil conduction loop, and wherein the rib conducting loop is disposed between at least a portion of the first and second coil conduction loops.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The simulator of claim 1, wherein the plasma vessel comprises a sphere shape.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The simulator of claim 1, wherein the plasma vessel comprises a disk shape.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The simulator of claim 1, further comprising a gas ionization source.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The simulator of claim 1, further comprising at least one sensor.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The simulator of claim 1, wherein at least some of the conducting loops are disposed about an axis of the vessel.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The simulator of claim 1, further comprising at least one loop control circuit configured to adjust a current in at least one of the conducting loops.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The simulator of claim 13, wherein the current comprises a pulsed on-off current.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The simulator of claim 13, wherein at least the first plasma flow circulates at least one megahertz under influence of the at least one loop control circuit.