Thermal energy from nuclear fusion - plasma clouds of fusible elements combined to give fusion by varying magnetic fields used

摘要

Three alternative variants for nuclear fusion reactions are (1) the use of plasma streams of high kinetic energy in an intense magnetic field generated by super conducting coils, (2) accelerating high density particles into a plasma cloud to initiate nuclear fusion reactions (3) use of intense but varying magnetic field to induce heating up to fusion temps. Many forms of reactor are claimed and these include the use of plasma sources, proton accelerators, electron accelerators, cryogenic coolants etc. A specific example for the Li-H fusion is given. All process are to produce useful thermal energy.