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  • Expandable chamber fusion reactor system
    Patent number: 4304627
    Abstract: A piston is moved by a laser incited fusion reaction such as deuterium-tritium (D-T) to thereby produce an expandable fusion chamber. When a gaseous substance such as CO.sub.2 is presented in the presence of the fusion reaction, it is dissociated into CO and O.sub.2 component mixture and the expansion of the chamber rapidly cools the mixture and quenches the back reaction thereby producing a greater CO yield. Also the piston produces peripheral power from the fusion reaction in the form of mechanical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: Texas Gas Transmission Corporation
    Inventor: John G. Lewis