公开(公告)号：US20200236770A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16634129

申请日：2018-04-16

Applicant: GENERAL FUSION INC.

Inventor： Joerg ZIMMERMANN ,  David Franklin PLANT ,  Robert Vlastimil BOUCHAL ,  Troy Nikolas TYLER ,  Victoria SUPONITSKY ,  Michael Harcourt DELAGE ,  MIchel Georges LABERGE ,  Malcom Newton WILLIAMS

IPC: H05H1/02 ,  H05H1/24 ,  H05H1/54

Abstract: Examples of systems for imploding liquid liner are described. The imploding system comprises a vessel and a rotating member positioned within the vessel. The rotating member has a plurality of shaped blades that form a plurality of curved passages that have an inboard opening at an inner surface and an outboard end at an outer surface. The rotating member is at least partially filled with liquid medium. A driver is used to rotate the rotating member such that when the rotating member rotates the liquid medium is forced into the passages forming a liquid liner with an interface curved with respect to an axis of rotation and defining a cavity. The system further comprises an implosion driver that changes the rotational speed of the rotating member such that the liquid liner is imploded inwardly collapsing the cavity. The imploding liquid liner can be used in plasma compression systems.

公开(公告)号：US20240062919A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18260700

申请日：2021-12-16

Applicant: GENERAL FUSION INC.

Inventor： Joerg ZIMMERMANN ,  Robert BOUCHAL ,  William Randolph SMITH, II

IPC: G21B1/05 ,  G21B1/13 ,  G21B1/15 ,  G21B1/17

CPC classification number: G21B1/05 ,  G21B1/13 ,  G21B1/15 ,  G21B1/17

Abstract: A plasma compression system comprises a plasma containment vessel, an annular rotating core inside the vessel, and a plurality of compression drivers fixedly mounted to an outer surface of the vessel wall. The annular rotating core contains a liquid medium and is rotatable to circulate the liquid medium and form a liquid liner with a cavity. The rotating core comprises an outer surface spaced from an inner surface of the vessel wall to define an annular gap, and a plurality of implosion drivers each comprising a pusher bore with a pusher piston slideable therein. Each pusher bore extends through the rotating core. The plurality of compression drivers compresses a compression fluid in the annular gap and creates a pressure pulse, such that when the rotating core rotates and the liquid medium fills the pusher bores, the pusher pistons are operable to push the liquid medium inwards to collapse the liquid liner and compress a plasma in the cavity.

公开(公告)号：US20200245445A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-30

申请号：US16634127

申请日：2018-04-16

Applicant: GENERAL FUSION INC.

Inventor： Joerg ZIMMERMANN ,  David Franklin PLANT ,  Robert Vlastimil BOUCHAL ,  Troy Nickolas TYLER ,  Victoria SUPONITSKY ,  Michael Harcourt DELAGE ,  Michel Georges LABERGE

IPC: H05H1/24

Abstract: Examples of systems for forming cavity and a liquid liner are described. The system comprises a vessel and a rotating member positioned within the vessel and rotatable about an axis of rotation. The rotating member has an inner surface 5 curved with respect to the axis of rotation, an outer and plurality of fluid passages that each has an inboard opening at the inner surface and an outboard opening at the outer surface. The rotating member is filled with a liquid medium and a rotational driver rotates the rotating member such that when rotating the liquid medium at least partially fills the fluid passages forming liquid liner, defining the 10 cavity. The cavity formation system is used in a liquid liner implosion system with an implosion driver that causes the liquid liner to implode inwardly collapsing the cavity. The imploding liquid liner system can be used in plasma compression systems.