| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 376146000 | Including removal or use of impurities or reaction products (e.g., energy) | 14 |
| 20100246740 | Nuclear Material Tracers - Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and methods for creating tracer nuclear materials. In one aspect, a Compact Fusion Neutron Source (CFNS) as described herein, can be used to create tracer isotopes to be added to fissile fuels to aid in anti-proliferation, though other methods of creating isotopes are contemplated. The generation of the isotopes require (n,2 | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110122984 | ENERGY GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A practical technique for inducing and controlling the fusion of nuclei within a solid lattice. A reactor includes a loading source to provide the light nuclei which are to be fused, a lattice which can absorb the light nuclei, a source of phonon energy, and a control mechanism to start and stop stimulation of phonon energy and/or the loading of reactants. The lattice transmits phonon energy sufficient to affect electron-nucleus collapse. By controlling the stimulation of phonon energy and controlling the loading of light nuclei into the lattice, energy released by the fusion reactions is allowed to dissipate before it builds to the point that it causes destruction of the reaction lattice. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110249783 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ENERGY AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for producing energy from nuclear reactions between hydrogen and a metal, includes a) production of a determined quantity of micro/nanometric clusters of a transition metal, b) bringing hydrogen into contact with the clusters and controlling its pressure and speed; c) creating an active core for the reactions by heating the clusters up to a temperature that is higher than the Debye temperature T | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110274228 | NUCLEAR FUSION USING ELECTROSTATIC CAGE AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FIELD - An apparatus for generating power includes a cage having a plurality of elongated elements defining a space within the cage, wherein the space has a region for allowing ion collision to occur, and a pair of electromagnets located at or near respective opposite ends of the cage. An apparatus for generating power includes a vacuum chamber, a first solenoid, a second solenoid, wherein the first and the second solenoids are located on opposite sides of the vacuum chamber, and a coupler that mechanically couples the first solenoid to the second solenoid, wherein the coupler has an end defining an opening that resembles a dumbbell shape. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110286563 | Control of a Laser Inertial Confinement Fusion-Fission Power Plant - A laser inertial-confinement fusion-fission energy power plant is described. The fusion-fission hybrid system uses inertial confinement fusion to produce neutrons from a fusion reaction of deuterium and tritium. The fusion neutrons drive a sub-critical blanket of fissile or fertile fuel. A coolant circulated through the fuel extracts heat from the fuel that is used to generate electricity. The inertial confinement fusion reaction can be implemented using central hot spot or fast ignition fusion, and direct or indirect drive. The fusion neutrons result in ultra-deep burn-up of the fuel in the fission blanket, thus enabling the burning of nuclear waste. Fuels include depleted uranium, natural uranium, enriched uranium, spent nuclear fuel, thorium, and weapons grade plutonium. LIFE engines can meet worldwide electricity needs in a safe and sustainable manner, while drastically shrinking the highly undesirable stockpiles of depleted uranium, spent nuclear fuel and excess weapons materials. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120076253 | Scalable high efficiency nuclear fusion energy source - This invention combines minor, but not obvious, adaptations of available and, for this field, relatively simple hardware that primarily uses the least power-hungry electrostatic (rather than mainly magnetic) control of accelerated colliding beams of bare deuterium nuclei in three-dimensionally pre-determined collision attitudes that are now found by new research to offer a method (with required apparatus) of fusing directly to helium four with high efficiency release of the greatest possible single-step free energy of fusion in kinetic energy of helium four charged nuclei and with minimized side-effects (if any) of wasted energy and troublesome output products in neutrons, radiation, helium three or tritium nuclei, and plasma electrons. This invention can be combined with the most efficient prior art in deuterium ion sources, continued fusion processes, output power conversion, and full reactor assembly at any scale from laboratory experiments to industrial power networks. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20130064340 | Method and System to Remove Debris from a Fusion Reactor Chamber - A method of removing a debris cloud from a fusion reactor includes injecting a fluid jet into the fusion reactor at a first velocity and thereafter, injecting a fusion target into the fusion reactor at a second velocity. The method also includes irradiating the fusion target with laser light and creating a fusion event. The method further includes forming a debris cloud in a vicinity of the fusion event and removing the debris cloud from the fusion reactor. The fluid jet applies a motive force to the debris cloud. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130266104 | Drift Tube - Disclosed is a drift tube formed of a hollow cylindrical conductive element having a having an inner surface and a pair of ends. A periodic grating surface is formed on the inner surface of the hollow cylindrical element and the ends are radiused to minimize electrical stress buildup. The interaction between a relativistic electron beam from an electron source passing through the inner space of the hollow element and the internal grating produces RF radiation by the Smith-Purcell Effect. Spacing, face angle and shape of the grating, and the energy of the electron bean are determinants of the frequency of the RF radiation. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130329845 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ENERGY SYSTEM - In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided systems, apparatuses and methods for the implementation of an energy system. A mechanical fusion energy system using uniquely constructed fuel pellets containing a variety of fusion capable materials to achieve up to many Megawatts of relatively continuous power output. The disclosed energy system utilizes a quantum approach of individual discrete pops periodically as needed to maintain a fairly continuous flow of energy. It may generate several thousand KWhr of energy per pop and dependent on the pop rate may generate well over 1,000 Megawatts, equivalent to the largest power generating stations currently in operation. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140098917 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ENERGY BY NUCLEAR REACTIONS OF HYDROGEN ADSORBED BY ORBITAL CAPTURE ON A NANOCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF A METAL - Technical problems: increasing and regulating the power obtained according to a method and by an apparatus based on nuclear reactions between hydrogen ( | 04-10-2014 |
| 20150055741 | Device for Obtaining Monochromatic Neutron Radiation - An assembly and to a device for obtaining monochromatic neutron radiation is provided. In order to realize a nuclear synthesis reaction, a starting material is introduced into a pressure booster (gas multiplier) and compressed to the pressure at which the synthesis reaction begins. The resulting neutron radiation passes through the seals of the multiplier elements and an outlet channel in the plug of the pressure chamber (gasostat) vessel, then onto a monochromator and further onto the irradiated object. | 02-26-2015 |
| 376147000 | Direct conversion of energy | 2 |
| 20130121449 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIRECT NUCLEAR ENERGY CONVERSION IN ELECTRICITY IN FUSION AND TRANSMUTATION PROCESSES - A method and device to generate electric energy on demand by fusion or transmutation nuclear reactions produced inside a super-capacitor that uses inter-atomic field's particularities obtained inside nano-structures, by using temperature, density and electric fields in order to modify nuclear entanglement and quantum non-localities particularities in order to control nuclear reaction rate of an inserted material, called nuclear fuel, facilitated by the nano-structure nuclear composition, called burner, that controls the non-local nuclear reaction. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130294558 | FUSION REACTOR - The present invention provides a fusion reactor for generating electricity comprising a high-pressure core having an interior chamber. The interior chamber is filled with a volume of one or more pressurized fuels. A microwave frequency generator is provided for resonating the fuel at a high radio frequency, typically 2.4 GHz or higher, and means for securing and emitting the frequency generator into the core are provided. In addition, electrical conductors are positioned in the core to effectuate the transformation of the fuel into a plasma state and to facilitate the free flow of electrons to generate electrical current. | 11-07-2013 |
| 376148000 | Including use of heat or radiation to effect a chemical reaction | 1 |
| 20130243143 | REACTOR FOR ENERGY GENERATION THROUGH LOW ENERGY NUCLEAR REACTIONS (LENR) BETWEEN HYDROGEN AND TRANSITION METALS AND RELATED METHOD OF ENERGY GENERATION - An embodiment of an apparatus includes a reaction chamber, a reaction unit, and an energy regulator. The reaction chamber includes an energy port, and the reaction unit is disposed in the reaction chamber and is configured to allow an energy-releasing reaction between first and second materials. And the energy regulator is configured to control a rate at which reaction-released energy exits the reaction chamber via the energy port. The reaction chamber may include a thermally conductive wall that forms a portion of the energy port, and the energy regulator may include a thermally conductive member and a mechanism configured to control a distance between the thermally conductive wall and the thermally conductive member. Furthermore, the reaction unit may include a mechanism configured to facilitate the reaction between the first and second materials, and may also include a mechanism configured to control a rate at which the reaction releases energy. | 09-19-2013 |
