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WO1999024990A3
WO1999024990A3 PCT/US1998/024034 US9824034W WO9924990A3 WO 1999024990 A3 WO1999024990 A3 WO 1999024990A3 US 9824034 W US9824034 W US 9824034W WO 9924990 A3 WO9924990 A3 WO 9924990A3
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George H Miley
Brian E Jurczyk
Yibin Gu
Robert A Stubbers
Michael J Williams
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George H Miley
Brian E Jurczyk
Yibin Gu
Robert A Stubbers
Michael J Williams
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Priority to KR1020007005167A priority Critical patent/KR20010032046A/en
Priority to CA002310071A priority patent/CA2310071A1/en
Priority to IL13609998A priority patent/IL136099A0/en
Priority to EEP200000528A priority patent/EE200000528A/en
Priority to AU19958/99A priority patent/AU1995899A/en
Priority to JP2000519899A priority patent/JP2001523010A/en
Priority to EP98964691A priority patent/EP1048038A2/en
Priority to HU0100180A priority patent/HUP0100180A1/en
Publication of WO1999024990A2 publication Critical patent/WO1999024990A2/en
Publication of WO1999024990A3 publication Critical patent/WO1999024990A3/en
Priority to NO20002437A priority patent/NO20002437L/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05H—PLASMA TECHNIQUE; PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS
    • H05H3/00—Production or acceleration of neutral particle beams, e.g. molecular or atomic beams
    • H05H3/06—Generating neutron beams
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21B—FUSION REACTORS
    • G21B1/00—Thermonuclear fusion reactors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/10—Nuclear fusion reactors

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Abstract

A pulsed neutron/proton source based upon the design of a steady-state spherical inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) configuration and using a pulsed gate valve grid (GVP). The IEC-GVP device comprises a grounded conductive vessel (12), serving as an anode, and a central cathode or primary grid (13) that is connected to a high voltage source. In addition, an intermediate second grid (14) and an outside third grid (15) are disposed concentrically with the central cathode (13) within the vessel (12). Electron extractor/emitter devices (16) are disposed substantially symmetrically about the perimeter of the vessel (12) and include electron extractor deflector grids (17) and electron emitters (18) that contribute to the enhanced timed ion flow in the device. Two techniques for pulsing the second grid are used. A first is a low repetition rate GVP (LR-GVP) operation and a second is a tuned high-frequency pulsing, termed Resonant Ion Driven Oscillation (RIDO) GVP operation.
PCT/US1998/024034 1997-11-12 1998-11-12 Inertial electrostatic confinement (iec) fusion device with gate-valve pulsing WO1999024990A2 (en)

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KR1020007005167A KR20010032046A (en) 1997-11-12 1998-11-12 Inertial electrostatic confinement fusion device with gate-valve pulsing
CA002310071A CA2310071A1 (en) 1997-11-12 1998-11-12 Inertial electrostatic confinement (iec) fusion device with gate-valve pulsing
IL13609998A IL136099A0 (en) 1997-11-12 1998-11-12 Inertial electrostatic confinement (iec) fusion device with gate-valve pulsing
EEP200000528A EE200000528A (en) 1997-11-12 1998-11-12 Apparatus and method for generating high ion current pulses in an inertial electrostatic arrestor
AU19958/99A AU1995899A (en) 1997-11-12 1998-11-12 Inertial electrostatic confinement (iec) fusion device with gate-valve pulsing
JP2000519899A JP2001523010A (en) 1997-11-12 1998-11-12 Inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion device and method with gate valve pulsation
EP98964691A EP1048038A2 (en) 1997-11-12 1998-11-12 Inertial electrostatic confinement (iec) fusion device with gate-valve pulsing
HU0100180A HUP0100180A1 (en) 1997-11-12 1998-11-12 Inertial electrostatic confinement (iec) fusion device with gate-valve pulsing
NO20002437A NO20002437L (en) 1997-11-12 2000-05-11 Fusion device with internal electrostatic limitation

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US6480197P 1997-11-12 1997-11-12
US60/064,801 1997-11-12

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