Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for plasma compression with recycling of projectiles
- Patent Title (中): 用弹丸回收等离子体压缩的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12845071Application Date: 2010-07-28
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Publication No.: US08891719B2Publication Date: 2014-11-18
- Inventor: Stephen James Howard , Michel Georges Laberge , Lon McIlwraith , Douglas Harvey Richardson , James Gregson
- Applicant: Stephen James Howard , Michel Georges Laberge , Lon McIlwraith , Douglas Harvey Richardson , James Gregson
- Applicant Address: CA
- Assignee: General Fusion, Inc.
- Current Assignee: General Fusion, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G21B1/15
- IPC: G21B1/15 ; G21B1/13 ; H05H1/02 ; H05H1/54 ; G21B3/00

Abstract:
Embodiments of systems and methods for compressing plasma are disclosed in which plasma can be compressed by impact of a projectile on a magnetized plasma in a liquid metal cavity. The projectile can melt in the liquid metal cavity, and liquid metal may be recycled to form new projectiles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110026658A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLASMA COMPRESSION WITH RECYCLING OF PROJECTILES Public/Granted day:2011-02-03
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