A Different Fusion Reactor
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:06 pm
For a couple of years now, I've been running Project OrangeSky. One of the Sub-Projects is HyperStorm, focusing on improving reactor technology.
So far, we've been able to achieve large amounts of fusion in fusion bombs, but not in reactors. What I've done is I've studied how rapidly compressing an ionized reactant can lead to fusion, similar to in a fusion bomb, and I've designed a reactor after it. I call it CORE (Centrally Oriented Reaction Environment). The way it works is simple, and I've attached a small graphic to help portray it.
In the graphic, the circular outlines depicts the boundaries of the fusion chamber. The lines pointing inwards are high power electromagnets.
Ionized fuel (nuclei with or without electrons) is pumped into the chamber. The outer electromagnet ring is polarized so that each has a South Pole inwards and a North Pole outwards. The electrons will cling to the northern pole, and the nuclei to the southern. Then the inner electromagnets are polarized so that the South Poles faces outwards, and the North Poles face inwards. The outer electromagnet ring is unpolarized, allowing the nuclei to the inner electromagnet ring. The polarities of the inner ring are then inverted, allowing the electrons to settle on the outward facing poles of the inner ring, and the nuclei in the center of the inner electromagnet ring, and fusion chamber. The outer electromagnet ring is then polarized, with the North Poles facing inwards and the South Poles facing outwards. At this point, the nuclei have settled in the center of the fusion chamber, on the magnetic lines of the inner electromagnet ring, but limited by the flux of the electromagnets. Then, the polarities of the inner electromagnet ring are inverterted, causing the nuclei to be forced inwards towards the exact center of the fusion chamber, possibly creating a fusion permitting environment.
The electromagnets during the entire process will remain hot, acting as a load in the electrical systems, so that no nuclei can loose energy to the electromagnets.
I will continue this thread with a cooling diagram that I have also worked out.
So far, we've been able to achieve large amounts of fusion in fusion bombs, but not in reactors. What I've done is I've studied how rapidly compressing an ionized reactant can lead to fusion, similar to in a fusion bomb, and I've designed a reactor after it. I call it CORE (Centrally Oriented Reaction Environment). The way it works is simple, and I've attached a small graphic to help portray it.
In the graphic, the circular outlines depicts the boundaries of the fusion chamber. The lines pointing inwards are high power electromagnets.
Ionized fuel (nuclei with or without electrons) is pumped into the chamber. The outer electromagnet ring is polarized so that each has a South Pole inwards and a North Pole outwards. The electrons will cling to the northern pole, and the nuclei to the southern. Then the inner electromagnets are polarized so that the South Poles faces outwards, and the North Poles face inwards. The outer electromagnet ring is unpolarized, allowing the nuclei to the inner electromagnet ring. The polarities of the inner ring are then inverted, allowing the electrons to settle on the outward facing poles of the inner ring, and the nuclei in the center of the inner electromagnet ring, and fusion chamber. The outer electromagnet ring is then polarized, with the North Poles facing inwards and the South Poles facing outwards. At this point, the nuclei have settled in the center of the fusion chamber, on the magnetic lines of the inner electromagnet ring, but limited by the flux of the electromagnets. Then, the polarities of the inner electromagnet ring are inverterted, causing the nuclei to be forced inwards towards the exact center of the fusion chamber, possibly creating a fusion permitting environment.
The electromagnets during the entire process will remain hot, acting as a load in the electrical systems, so that no nuclei can loose energy to the electromagnets.
I will continue this thread with a cooling diagram that I have also worked out.