NUCLEAR FUSION METHOD AND DEVICE Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: nuclear physics. SUBSTANCE: prior to saturating work piece 3 with gaseous deuterium, the latter is mixed up with atmospheric air whose proportion in gas mixture is to be 0.1 to 4.09% of total volume. For saturating work piece 3 with gaseous deuterium and initiating nuclear fusion, gaseous deuterium mixed up with air in mentioned proportion is supplied to reactor chamber 1 at rate sufficient for heating work piece 3 to 50-200 deg. per second in the course of saturation. Device implementing this method has means 21 for evacuating reactor chamber 1, whose inlet pipe connection 2 communicates with space 2 of reactor chamber 1 through first valve 19, means 8 for heating and cooling work piece 3 in reactor chamber 1, instruments for measuring temperature of work piece 3 and pressure, as well as source 17 of working medium incorporating gaseous deuterium and atmospheric air. EFFECT: improved radiation power, heat energy output, and reproducibility of nuclear fusion reactions. 7 cl, 1 dwg