Induced nuclear reactions: processes – systems – and elements – Nuclear fusion – Fusion reaction by plural colliding plasmas or particle beams
Patent
1990-02-08
1992-11-03
Wasil, Daniel D.
Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements
Nuclear fusion
Fusion reaction by plural colliding plasmas or particle beams
376145, G21B 100
Patent
active
051606950
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method of enhancing nuclear fusion reactions utilizes a plasma, made up of ions and electrons, contained within a region, and enhances the density of the plasma using a collision-diffusion compressional enhancement process. Ion acoustic waves generated within a central region of the system permit increased reflection and scattering of ions and thereby reduces their mean free path within the core region to permit greatly increased ions density sufficient to enhance nuclear fusion reactions within the core.
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