Invention Application
- Patent Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND ACCELERATING MAGNETIZED PLASMA
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Application No.: US17607169Application Date: 2020-05-28
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Publication No.: US20220151054A1Publication Date: 2022-05-12
- Inventor: Stephen James Howard , Douglas Harvey Richardson , Michel Georges Laberge , Merritt Wayne Reynolds , Aaron Matthew Froese , Kelly Bernard Epp , Martin Clifford Wight , Yakov Gofman
- Applicant: GENERAL FUSION INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Burnaby
- Assignee: GENERAL FUSION INC.
- Current Assignee: GENERAL FUSION INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Burnaby
- International Application: PCT/CA2020/050727 WO 20200528
- Main IPC: H05H1/54
- IPC: H05H1/54 ; H05H1/12 ; H01F7/06

Abstract:
A method and system for stably generating and accelerating magnetized plasma comprises ionizing an injected gas in plasma generator and generating a formation magnetic field to form a magnetized plasma with a closed poloidal field, generating a reverse poloidal field behind the magnetized plasma and having a same field direction as a back edge of the closed poloidal field and having an opposite field direction of the formation magnetic field, and generating a pushing toroidal field that pushes the reverse poloidal field against the closed poloidal field, thereby accelerating the magnetized plasma through a plasma accelerator downstream from the plasma generator. The reverse poloidal field serves to prevent the reconnection of the formation magnetic field and closed poloidal field after the magnetized plasma is formed, which would allow the pushing toroidal field to mix with the closed poloidal field and cause instability and reduced plasma confinement.
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