Thought I'd comment on your "I claim" post.
I see you filed a patent:
http://ip.com/pdf/patapp/US20120014491.pdf
http://ip.com/patapp/US20120014491
Mike A Deeth wrote:
> CLAIMS</center></h2>
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> I claim:
>
> 1. A device for generating fusion energy comprising:
> a.) spherical inner chamber
> I. with a reflective interior surface, for the purpose of preventing
> heat loss and lowering the temperature in which ignition occurs
[Preventing (reducing) heat loss will result in temperatures higher than what you would have previously been able to achieve. Regardless, how would this lower the temperature at which ignition would occur? Some other factor would have to be modified. Retaining more thermal energy just means you can get to the ignition temperature faster.]
> II. with provisions for pumping electromagnetic radiation inside
> the chamber, so that the fluid inside can be used as a laser gain
> medium and also for the purpose of optically tracking the fuel
["...provisions for pumping electromagnetic radiation..." ??? EMR of what nature?
UV, VL, IR, RF? What's the channeling method?
> b.) spherical outer chamber
> I. surrounding the inner chamber
[An outer chamber would tend to surround the aforementioned inner chamber]
> II. with provisions for acoustic & electric transduction, enabling
> pre-ignition movement and compression of the fuel and also
> enabling post-ignition harvesting of the blast’s kinetic energy
[There's a lot being glossed over in the word "provisions"...essentially you have a grand idea, as many here have (and a few have even taken from words to design to prototype), but you haven't done more than make a claim as your opening act. The question is, why do you need our help? You already filed a patent back in 2010 (attached). Focusing on just one part of this grand statement could provide years of work for the educated, experienced, and well-funded lone researcher--I can't imagine what your handicap is going to be having dropped out of HS, having no higher education, little, if any experience, and unknown funding.]
> c.) space between the two chambers
> I. filled with a fluid
> i. that is an acoustical medium
> ii. that cools the inner chamber
[The space will be filled with a fluid (to be determined), that is an acoustical medium (Hint: sound will propagate through essentially any medium, though the quality and suitability for your application will vary.) It is redundant to state that the fluid will be an acoustical medium, only that you will be exploiting the acoustical properties of the "fluid." While writing about exploiting the fluid, you are also needing a fluid that will work as a coolant of the inner chamber. This might just be the easiest challenge, should you have access to the facilities to test a myriad of substances for suitability.]
> d.) space inside the inner chamber
> I. filled with a fluid that
> i. circulates as an efficient high-temperature coolant
> ii. encapsulates gaseous fusible fuel inside of a bubble
> iii. is transparent to selected electromagnetic frequencies
> iv. is a laser gain medium that can amplify selected frequencies,
> so that the inner chamber can function as a spherical laser cavity
> v. is an acoustical medium, enabling fuel transport and compression
> vi. blocks x-rays, preventing damage to the chamber walls
> vii. absorbs neutrons, preventing the escape of hazardous radiation
> viii. breeds tritium, replenishing the supply of easily ignitable fuel
> ix. slows fuel dispersion during combustion, increasing burn-up fraction
[Well, that's not very many requirments...anybody at the fusor forum have a suggestion on this one?]
> 2. A method applying to the device according to claim 1 where said method
> accurately determines the location of a bubble using the technique of
> multi-occultation triangulation.
[What's the first step to multi-occultation triangulation?]
> 3. A method applying to the device according to claim 1 where said method is used
> to move a bubble by manipulating the pressure in its local environment, based on
> the ideas that
> a.) a bubble’s size is determined by the background pressure
> b.) a bubble’s direction of motion coincides with the buoyant force and is determined
> by the pressure gradient
> c.) the interplay between the buoyancy force and drag force causes large bubbles to
> move faster than small bubbles when subjected to the same pressure gradient
> d.) fluctuations in the background pressure can be synchronized with fluctuations
> in the pressure gradient, so that, even though the bubble is pulsating backwards
> and forwards in tiny steps, large overall displacements can be accumulated.
[Sounds like classic bubble behavior]
> 4. A method applying to the device according to claim 1 where said method causes
> thermonuclear ignition in a bubble of fuel, comprising
> a.) positioning the fuel at the focus of a spherical laser cavity so that
> i.) the fuel will not be able to effectively cool by radiating away light
> ii.) the reactors structural components are well shielded from the explosion,
> making larger yields and higher gains possible
[It's a good thing fusion is "clean" because the reactor having to suffer the occasional explosion would eventually cause a problem. What did I read about tritium? The reactor is where these explosions are taking place; shielding or not, it better be some incredible structural support.]
> b.) making the cavity laser-active, by pumping it with enough light to cause
> an upper-state population inversion
[You still think this is a wild idea?]
> c.) squeezing the fuel, so that
> i.) the fuel becomes hot and radiates brightly (sonoluminescence)
[Several places you refer to sonoluminescence with this definition...sono = of or having to do with sound energy; rarely acoustics. luminescence = emission of light by some mechanism. Thus sonoluminescence would have me thinking it has something to do with light being generated by the influence of sound energy on a process. Indeed, Wikipedia has a simple definition that is close enough.]
> ii.) the fuel’s radiation creates an outgoing laser cascade
> iii.) the fuel is in a state of pre-compression when the cascade returns
> iv.) the fuel is further heated and compressed by the powerful laser effect
> d.) containing (preventing dispersion of) the fuel, so that
> i.) the fuel can self-heat, lowering the energy required for drivers
> ii.) a greater fraction of the fuel gets burnt, increasing the gain
> iii.) low-temperature volume ignition is possible
[It all seems so simple to you. Where is the mathematics? Where is the rationale or reasoning that you can say after an initial start up this will be over-unity. Sorry if I'm the pessimist. My fusor produces neutrons, it was a project and a good one at that, but I think I am echoing others here when I say you are in the wrong place. Aside from theoretical questions on the forum, this is way beyond what an amateur fusioneer is going to be achieving, (correct me if I'm wrong) at the amateur level at home or in our labs at work...]
Take the hint...
Regards,
-Jonathan