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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Msnw, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
John T. Slough, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
HELION ENERGY, INC., Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 1/05 (2006.01); H05H 1/02 (2006.01); G21B 1/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 1/052 (2013.01); H05H 1/02 (2013.01); G21B 1/19 (2013.01); Y02E 30/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for heating and/or compressing plasmas to thermonuclear temperatures and densities are provided. In one aspect, at least one of at least two plasmoids separated by a distance is accelerated towards the other. The plasmoids interact, for instance to form a resultant plasmoid, to convert a kinetic energy into a thermal energy. The resultant plasmoid is confined in a high energy density state using a magnetic field. One or more plasmoids may be compressed. Energy may be recovered, for example via a blanket and/or directly via one or more coils that create a magnetic field and/or circuits that control the coils.