Staged Z-pinch for the production of high-flux neutrons and net energy

    公开(公告)号:US09839111B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-05

    申请号:US12847843

    申请日:2010-07-30

    摘要: A fusible target is embedded in a high Z liner, ohmically heated and then shock wave heated by implosion of an enveloping high Z liner. The target is adiabatically heated by compression, fusibly ignited and charged-particle heated as it is being ignited. A shock front forms as the liner implodes which shock front detaches from the more slowly moving liner, collides with the outer surface of the target, accelerates inward, rapidly heating the target, adiabatically compressing the target and liner and amplifying the current to converge the liner mass toward a central axis thereby compressing the target to a fusion condition when it begins to ignite and produce charged particles. The charged particles are trapped in a large magnetic field surrounding the target. The energy of the charged particles is deposited into the target to further heat the target to produce an energy gain.

    STAGED Z-PINCH FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-FLUX NEUTRONS AND NET ENERGY
    2.
    发明申请
    STAGED Z-PINCH FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-FLUX NEUTRONS AND NET ENERGY 有权
    用于生产高通量中子和网络能量的标记Z-PINCH

    公开(公告)号:US20110182392A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-07-28

    申请号:US12847843

    申请日:2010-07-30

    IPC分类号: G21B1/03

    摘要: A fusible target is embedded in a high Z liner, ohmically heated and then shock wave heated by implosion of an enveloping high Z liner. The target is adiabatically heated by compression, fusibly ignited and charged-particle heated as it is being ignited. A shock front forms as the liner implodes which shock front detaches from the more slowly moving liner, collides with the outer surface of the target, accelerates inward, rapidly heating the target, adiabatically compressing the target and liner and amplifying the current to converge the liner mass toward a central axis thereby compressing the target to a fusion condition when it begins to ignite and produce charged particles. The charged particles are trapped in a large magnetic field surrounding the target. The energy of the charged particles is deposited into the target to further heat the target to produce an energy gain.

    摘要翻译: 一个可熔的目标是嵌入一个高Z衬里,欧姆加热,然后冲击波被封闭的高Z衬里的内爆加热。 目标通过压缩绝热加热,易燃点燃,带电粒子被点燃时加热。 当衬垫撞击时,冲击前锋与更缓慢移动的衬垫分离,与目标的外表面碰撞,向内加速,快速加热靶,绝热压缩靶和衬垫,并放大电流以使衬套收敛 从而当靶开始点燃并产生带电粒子时将靶压缩到融合条件。 带电粒子被捕获在围绕靶的大磁场中。 带电粒子的能量被沉积到靶中以进一步加热目标物以产生能量增益。

    Radionuclide production using a Z-pinch neutron source
    3.
    发明授权
    Radionuclide production using a Z-pinch neutron source 有权
    使用Z夹点中子源的放射性核素生产

    公开(公告)号:US08837661B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-16

    申请号:US12842472

    申请日:2010-07-23

    摘要: Radionuclides are produced with a pulsed neutron flux from a multiple repetition rate staged Z-pinch machine, the pulsed neutron flux is moderated, an activatable radionuclide precursor is exposed to the moderated pulsed neutron flux, and a corresponding radionuclide from the activatable radionuclide precursor is produced. High current pulses are passed through a target plasma of fusible material enclosed in a cylindrical liner plasma composed of a high-Z plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses the liner plasma, and generates shock waves. The shock implodes the target plasma. The shock front propagates between an outer shock front and an axis of the target plasma so it is heated through shock dissipation and by adiabatic compression due to an imploding shock front produced in the outer liner plasma to fuse light nuclei and generate alpha particles and neutrons. Alpha particles trapped within the magnetic field further heat the target plasma.

    摘要翻译: 使用来自多次重复率分级Z夹点机的脉冲中子通量产生放射性核素,脉冲中子通量被调节,可激活的放射性核素前体暴露于缓和的脉冲中子通量,并且产生来自可激活的放射性核素前体的相应的放射性核素 。 大电流脉冲通过被包围在由高Z等离子体组成的圆柱形衬垫等离子体中的可熔材料的目标等离子体,以产生压缩衬垫等离子体的磁场并产生冲击波。 冲击使目标等离子体爆裂。 冲击前沿在目标等离子体的外部冲击前沿和轴线之间传播,因此通过冲击耗散和绝热压缩加热,这是由于在外部衬套等离子体中产生的内爆冲击前沿,以使光核熔化并产生α粒子和中子。 在磁场内捕获的α粒子进一步加热目标等离子体。

    RADIONUCLIDE PRODUCTION USING A Z-PINCH NEUTRON SOURCE
    4.
    发明申请
    RADIONUCLIDE PRODUCTION USING A Z-PINCH NEUTRON SOURCE 有权
    使用Z-PINCH中子源的放射性核素生产

    公开(公告)号:US20110019789A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-27

    申请号:US12842472

    申请日:2010-07-23

    IPC分类号: G21G1/06

    摘要: Radionuclides are produced with a pulsed neutron flux from a multiple repetition rate staged Z-pinch machine, the pulsed neutron flux is moderated, an activatable radionuclide precursor is exposed to the moderated pulsed neutron flux, and a corresponding radionuclide from the activatable radionuclide precursor is produced. High current pulses are passed through a target plasma of fusible material enclosed in a cylindrical liner plasma composed of a high-Z plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses the liner plasma, and generates shock waves. The shock implodes the target plasma. The shock front propagates between an outer shock front and an axis of the target plasma so it is heated through shock dissipation and by adiabatic compression due to an imploding shock front produced in the outer liner plasma to fuse light nuclei and generate alpha particles and neutrons. Alpha particles trapped within the magnetic field further heat the target plasma.

    摘要翻译: 使用来自多次重复率分级Z夹点机的脉冲中子通量产生放射性核素,脉冲中子通量被调节,可激活的放射性核素前体暴露于缓和的脉冲中子通量,并且产生来自可激活的放射性核素前体的相应的放射性核素 。 大电流脉冲通过被包围在由高Z等离子体组成的圆柱形衬垫等离子体中的可熔材料的目标等离子体,以产生压缩衬垫等离子体的磁场并产生冲击波。 冲击使目标等离子体爆裂。 冲击前沿在目标等离子体的外部冲击前沿和轴线之间传播,因此通过冲击耗散和绝热压缩加热,这是由于在外部衬套等离子体中产生的内爆冲击前沿,以使光核熔化并产生α粒子和中子。 在磁场内捕获的α粒子进一步加热目标等离子体。