Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Reactor Mk. II

To learn more about the reactor's construction, how it works, and to other projects visit: http://www.wjscience.com

This reactor (also known as a Farnsworth fusor) fuses ions of deuterium together into helium-3 and neutrons. Through inertial electrostatic confinement.

Statistics:
30,000v 10mA PSU
2" air-cooled diffusion pump based vacuum system-capable of less than .1 mtorr
Boron-10 lined proportional tube neutron detection system
6" Stainless steel chamber
Deuterium metering system

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• IEC
• Inertial
• Electrostatic
• Confinement
• Fusion
• Fusor
• Farnsworth
• Tokamak
• Nuclear
• Deuterium
• Neutron
• Boron
• Diffusion
• High
• Voltage
• Vacuum

[fortpinepitch]

Excellent work. I have seen your webpage and posts on fusor.net. Everything you make and write is clean, professional, and scientific, and you are helping to set a new standard for what young people can achieve.

[Tidbit77]

@fortpinepitch

Thank you, I'm very glad that my work is appreciated, and more so I am glad people understand that achievement is in no ways bounded by age.

[kaboosha]

You have allegedly achieved what millions of dollars and the world's smartest scientists couldn't, for 60 years. Well done, you have a future that is brighter than the core of your reactor! I agree with TheSwineyTodd, how will you collect the output energy that the reactor creates? Do you intend to? :)

[Tidbit77]

@kaboosha No, I haven't. We've been doing fusion for about 60 years, but we have never done it in a break-even, controlled, and continuous way. This is doing fusion, but it's very weak. It's very far away from power generation, and I have no intent to collect power output. However, I am working on some potential applications of this kind of fusion technology.

[smileman66]

You're going to go far, kid.

[srgntdeath]

Dude you make me proud to be an American. While the rest of us sit around buying cheap bs from china and play call of duty, you are going to make something amazing happen. please keep it up. Not to be a noob.. but what are the benefits of fusion. I mean what would the ultimate goal be? Lastly, please dont sell out

[Killerwalrus234]

I was wondering where you get your Deuterium. I've been looking for a while and can't find any suppliers of the gas.

[tasilbhurn]

dude, I applaud you!! Well Done!

I'm working on a project like this myself. I'm hoping to use a multi-state reactor, using the proton emission as N1 for the next stage of fusion (usage of a moderator to second-stage fuse other materials (isotope production). Have you thought about making a magnetic proton trap?

[Tidbit77]

@MrBrew4321 Bingo.

[Tidbit77]

@TheSwineyTodd

I don't, and I don't intend to. It barely outputs any fusion energy.

[Tidbit77]

@Seeker067

Kind of, magnetic fields tend to incur regions of loss at the ends or weak points of the fields, so a coil isn't really confinement. In my new reactor, I use a DC magnetron ion source that traps electrons in a helical path around an anode charged to a high voltage. A magnetic field (using a solenoid) runs through the center of the source, which curves the paths of the electrons due to the Lorentz force that acts on them.

Tl;dr I've trapped electrons briefly, but not "confined" them

[Tidbit77]

@wenzelsopinion

Thanks for letting me know. I may do that.

[Tidbit77]

@Hugh345678

With this reactor, it was rather short, perhaps 3 minutes of continuous neutron output, in pulses of high outputs contrasted with spurs of low outputs. I was using a 1/4" ball valve as a throttling valve for my diffusion pump, so the chamber pressure was rather erratic. In my new reactor I use a manual control baffle valve that I've built a remote control system for. The new reactor is rock solid in operation.

You hit the nail on the head, it's not special, it's not BS. Thank you.