公开(公告)号：US20230374511A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-23

申请号：US18203549

申请日：2023-05-30

Applicant: Robert O. Hunter, JR. ,  Eric W Cornell

Inventor： Robert O. Hunter, JR. ,  Eric W Cornell

IPC: C12N15/113 ,  G06F9/48 ,  G06F9/50 ,  A61K49/00 ,  C12Q1/6886

CPC classification number: C12N15/113 ,  G06F9/4881 ,  G06F9/5038 ,  A61K49/0054 ,  C12N15/1135 ,  C12Q1/6886 ,  C12N2320/32 ,  C12N2310/3515 ,  G06F9/4887 ,  G06F9/5083 ,  G06F2209/501 ,  G06F9/5027 ,  C08G2261/1432 ,  C08G2261/18 ,  C08G2261/228 ,  C08G2261/3324 ,  C08G2261/78 ,  C12N2310/11 ,  C12N2310/351 ,  C12N2310/51 ,  C12N2320/11

Abstract: Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) reactor chambers can be designed to contain an ICF target being imploded and capture the resulting energy output from the reaction. The exact amount of energy required to facilitate this implosion depends on the specific target design in use. An ICF target design and implosion mechanism which is more robust against non-uniformities, simpler to analyze and simpler to utilize would be advantageous in achieving practical energy generation. Ideally, the ICF target will be configured to achieve a uniform temperature and density profile when imploding with a variety of parameters not limited to the following: a central region having an areal density (ρr) less than 1 g/cm2 at ignition and approximately 1% of the entire mass to be a material having a Z between 6 and 47 inclusive. Once the parameters of the ICF target are selected, one can easily smooth both the temperature and density profiles in the fusion fuel of non-equilibrium ignition targets without preventing runaway burn or affecting margin parameters such as fall-line greatly.