Historical research guide · 0050 · 2019
Plasma Compression Fusion Device
Salvatore Pais · US Department of Navy
In one minute
US20190295733A1 describes a plasma-compression fusion device inside a vacuum duct. Opposing, electrically charged dynamic fusors counter-spin, feed fusion gas through their surfaces, and create a magnetic flux that compresses and confines a plasma core. Electrified grids accelerate particles into the core; electromagnetic radiation from accelerating spin heats it. The patent derives maximum magnetic induction as proportional to the cube of spin frequency and uses that relation to project fields near 10⁶ tesla at an order of 10⁴ radians per second. It also projects fusion gain scaling with magnetic induction cubed and power density with its fourth power. The document specifies an apparatus and its calculations. It reports no operating-reactor field, plasma, fusion-output, or energy-gain measurement.
Connection
The patent makes a fusion proposal testable in parts: field strength, plasma density, confinement time, particle energy, fusion products, input power and output power each have a measurement.
From the source
The patent specifies a vacuum duct with at least one opposing pair of smoothly curved, counter-spinning conical dynamic fusors. Their charged outer surfaces create concentrated magnetic flux that compresses injected fusion gas into a plasma core; radiation from accelerating spin heats the core and the produced fields confine it between the fusors.Abstract; Summary; claims 1–5
The patent treats high magnetic induction as the central compact-fusion variable. It proposes controlled accelerated spin or vibration of electrically charged matter as the field source, instead of relying on a superconducting magnet, and discusses induction above 30 tesla as a threshold difficult for high-temperature REBCO magnets to reach.Description, following Equation 3
Equation 11 gives maximum magnetic induction for a charged dynamic fusor as scaling with the cube of angular spin frequency. The patent’s example takes a tungsten fusor near 10⁴ radians per second, with acceleration kept non-zero, to a projected peak field on the order of 10⁶ tesla.Description, Equation 11
The patent writes fusion energy gain as scaling with magnetic induction cubed and fusion power density with its fourth power. Using its projected field strengths, it calculates gain on the order of 10¹⁸ and gigawatt-to-terawatt power from kilowatt-to-megawatt input. Those are design calculations in the patent, not reported reactor readings.Summary; Description, Equations 2 and 3
The counter-spinning fusors generate shearing flows. The patent uses those flows to break up vortical eddies that initiate turbulence, with the intended result of reducing plasma instability during fusion operation.Description, after Equation 3
The patent describes both neutronic and aneutronic fuel paths. Deuterium is fed through the fusor orifices; proton–boron-11 produces three alpha particles and no neutrons in the stated reaction, while requiring a fusion temperature above two billion degrees Celsius.Description; Equations 4 and 5
The reactor, in the site’s own words
The linked patent application describes the hardware, derives the field relations and identifies measurements a reactor test would need to publish.
1. Put the plasma between counter-spinning field sources
The vessel is a vacuum duct. Inside it sit opposing cones or conical frustums called dynamic fusors. Their outer surfaces carry charge; holes in the structures admit fusion fuel; and each pair spins in the opposite direction from the other. The patent places electrified grids and toroidal coils inside the structures. The grids accelerate charged particles, while the rotating charged surfaces are intended to create a magnetic flux toward the plasma core.
The resulting reactor has several independent jobs: make plasma, heat it, keep it away from the walls, compress it and hold it long enough for fusion products to appear. The geometry is therefore not decoration. Each cone, grid, fuel inlet and field line belongs to a stated part of that sequence.
2. The field relation written in the patent
Equation 11 makes spin frequency the central control variable.
For a grouped factor near one, the patent reduces the relation to magnetic induction proportional to the cube of spin frequency. Its worked condition uses an angular frequency around 10⁴ radians per second and gives a projected field near 10⁶ tesla. That is arithmetic inside the patent. A measured field map around a spinning fusor is the first direct check of the relation.
3. Turn each projection into an instrument reading
The reactor needs more than a field measurement. Magnetic probes and calibrated diagnostics can establish the field distribution. Plasma density, temperature and confinement time determine the Lawson product. Particle and gamma diagnostics can distinguish fusion products from background. Calorimetry and electrical metering determine whether output exceeds the complete input, including motors, charging, pumping and controls.
The patent projects gain scaling with magnetic induction cubed and power density with its fourth power. Those equations state what a test should vary: spin, charge and field. The resulting records must show whether the plasma and power move by the stated relations. The released document supplies the device design and calculations; it does not supply operating-reactor readings.
4. Fuel changes the measurement plan
The duct can be fed with deuterium or other fuel mixtures. The patent also names proton–boron-11, whose stated products are three alpha particles and no neutrons, at temperatures above two billion degrees Celsius. The diagnostic package must match the selected fuel: neutron detection alone cannot establish a proton–boron run, while alpha-particle energy and charged-product collection become central.
This is a field-and-plasma programme joined to the wider Pais work on controlled charged matter. The apparatus becomes useful when its magnetic field, confinement, fusion products and energy balance are recorded together.
Citation
Salvatore C. Pais and the United States Department of the Navy, Plasma Compression Fusion Device, US Patent Application US20190295733A1 (2019).
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190295733A1/enHow to cite it
Salvatore Pais, US Department of Navy (2019) Plasma Compression Fusion Device US20190295733A1