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A TRAP TO CATCH THE SUN

A TRAP TO CATCH THE SUN. Sonoluminescence: Sound into Light. Sonofusion. http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/02/26/science/20070227_FUSION_GRAPHICSUB.html.

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A TRAP TO CATCH THE SUN

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  1. A TRAP TO CATCH THE SUN

  2. Sonoluminescence: Sound into Light

  3. Sonofusion http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/02/26/science/20070227_FUSION_GRAPHICSUB.html

  4. "A Mach number  is associated  with every shock wave. This number represents the ratio of the shock wave to the ambient speed of sound. The temperature behind a shock wave is higher than that in front of it; the ratio of those temperatures is proportional to the square of the Mach number. For an imploding air bubble, the Mach number approaches infinity as the shock front moves closer to the focal point, which means that a tremendous amount of heating takes place. Furthermore,  when the shock hits the center and explodes outward, the molecules that were  behind the shock are suddenly in front of it again. The hot molecules are hit a second time, and their temperatures go up by another factor of the square of the Mach number.” "Temperatures that can be reached by this mathematical model are therefore unimaginably high.” Seth Putterman – Sound into Light

  5. Relative Fusion Reaction Rates Relative reaction rate 100x106K Deuterium-Tritium Deuterium-Deuterium Deuterium-Helium 10 1000 100 Temperature million kelvin

  6. “…Prospects for initiation of thermonuclear fusion reactions within a sonoluminescing bubble were suggested when theoretical simulations of the SBSL phenomenon by Wu and Roberts showed the existence of maximum bubble temperatures of the order of 108 K! These extreme temperatures were limited to a small region of the bubble interior and were made possible by the launch of a shock wave within the already compressed gas. The shock focuses as it approaches the bubble centre and doubles its strength when reflected from the origin.” “In an another study, Moss et al. showed that hydrodynamic simulations of a collapsing bubble containing D2 and D2O vapour provide the possibility for a small number of thermonuclear D–D fusion reactions in the bubble...” Sonoluminescence and bubble fusion Vijay H. Arakeri

  7. The Liquid Piston Concept

  8. The General Fusion Engine

  9. Liquid metal vortex Electronically synchronised pneumatic piston/hammers A shock front is launched as the surface of the liquid piston exceeds the speed of sound

  10. Diagrammatic representation of the General Fusion engine

  11. Fusion Demonstrator

  12. The breakthrough to nett energy output happened in 2014 at the National Ignition Facility in the US

  13. The Liquid Pendulum Concept

  14. Gravitational field Centrifugal field

  15. Rotating housing Eccentric rotating at the natural frequency of the pendulum Bearing Flywheel Shock chamber Liquid pendulum

  16. With conventional sonoluminescence research (with bubble diameters of approximately 50 micron), Mach numbers of four have been measured in the walls of imploding gas bubbles, along with plasma temperatures estimated to be at least 105K. It is suggested that by increasing the scale by the proposed method, it may be possible to generate Mach numbers in excess of thirty.

  17. As the maximum temperature attained in sonoluminescence is estimated to be a function of the fourth power of the Mach number, on this basis temperatures in the order of at least 108K may be feasible. This is higher than can be attained by any other mechanism, and high enough to be considered for initiation of the fusion of deuterium.

  18. Possible Advantages of the Liquid Pendulum In the Liquid Pendulum Engine, the natural frequency of the oscillation of  the system is proportional to the rotational velocity. The piston is able to cycle at several hundred times per second. This is at least two orders of magnitude greater than that for the General Fusion concept and hence the number of fusion reactions required per cycle is reduced accordingly. Furthermore some of the energy may be delivered directly through the eccentric shaft rather than having to go through a Rankine cycle steam plant. 

  19. Although a cylindrical implosion would be effective, a spheroidal one would be better. This could arguably be achieved by a concentric “pinch.” Final spheroidal void Shear zone

  20. The cooling of the system would arguably be highly efficient due to the movement of water across the exposed metal surfaces at relatively high velocity and pressure. This cooling could be enhanced by making the surfaces porous in order to allow evaporative cooling. The heat from this cooling process would be used to generate steam and hot water as is intended for conventional fusion power systems.

  21. …This - this is the dawn of a new day in human living.  At the climax of that civilisation which had its beginning in the hammered flint and the fire-stick of the savage, just when it is becoming apparent that our ever-increasing needs cannot be borne indefinitely by our present sources of energy, we discover suddenly the possibility of an entirely new civilisation.  The energy we need for our very existence, and with which Nature supplies us still so grudgingly, is in reality locked up in inconceivable quantities all about us… H.G.WellsThe World Set Free

  22. http://www.vortexengineer.com/liquid-pendulum-engine.html vortexengineer@gmail.com

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