Discusses several proposals for compressive shock wave driven fusion
- including Oxford spinoff First Light Fusion
"A proposal for research and development in the area of hypersonic focused shockwaves"
http://www.slideshare.net/Vort…neer/2016-pp-presentation
QuoteA proposal for research and development in the area of high energy sonoluminescence hypersonic focused shockwaves
BTW Couldn't the cold fusion explain the overunity effects of cavitation heaters? LeClair experiments with laser induced fusion in water above solid surfaces are also more or less just about cavitation. It's worth to note, that the spherically symmetric collisions (in Taleyrkhan sonoluminiscence style) should be less effective for cold fusion than shock waves and emergent cracks (hexagonal "water crystals") during their mutual interference with respect to the low-dimensional theory of cold fusion.
New patent related to shockwave fusion from the Oxford U. spinoff ---
USPTO Patent 9,530,524 December 27, 2016
Assignee:OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED (Oxford, GB) --
Localised energy concentration
ABSTRACT: A method of producing a localized concentration of energy comprises creating at least one shockwave (10) propagating through a non-gaseous medium (8) so as to be incident upon a pocket of gas (2) within the medium (8). The pocket of gas (2) is attached to a surface (6) comprising a depression (4) shaped so as partially to receive the gas pocket (2). An apparatus for producing a localized concentration of energy comprises a non-gaseous medium (8) having therein a pocket of gas (2). The pocket of gas (2) is attached to a surface (6) comprising a depression (4) shaped so as partially to receive the gas pocket (2). The apparatus further comprises means for creating at least one shockwave (10) propagating through the medium (8) so as to be incident upon the pocket of gas (2).
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to methods and apparatuses for producing very high localized energies.
It relates particularly, although not exclusively, to generating localized energies high enough to cause nuclear fusion.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
The development of fusion power has been an area of massive investment of time and money for many years. This investment has been largely centered on developing a large scale fusion reactor, at great cost. However, there are other theories that predict much simpler and cheaper mechanisms for creating fusion. Of interest here is the umbrella concept "inertial confinement fusion", which uses mechanical forces (such as shock waves) to concentrate and focus energy into very small areas.
