Patent ID: 9224505
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G21B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method of causing fusion between particles in a plasma and a target element, comprising: providing a superconducting magnet configured to generate an axial magnetic field; providing a cylindrical chamber located in said magnetic field; providing a target element in said cylindrical chamber; providing a discharge rod located in said cylindrical chamber; providing DC and pulsed electrical power to said discharge rod to develop an electric field perpendicular to said magnetic field; supplying hydrogen gas into said cylindrical chamber; creating a plasma of ions and neutrals from said hydrogen gas in said chamber by applying pulsed electrical power to said discharge rod; and causing said plasma to rotate within said cylindrical chamber by said electric and magnetic fields so as to cause a fusion reaction between particles in said plasma and said target element; wherein said target element comprises the element Lithium having a dominant isotope of Li