US 12,136,495 B2
Simple and robust configuration for ICF targets
Conner D. Galloway, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Alexander V. Valys, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Aspen, CO (US); and David H. Sowle, Santa Maria, CA (US)
Assigned to Innoven Energy, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed by Innoven Energy, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/412,405.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/388,874, filed on Jan. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2017/0213603 A1, Jul. 27, 2017
Int. Cl. G21B 1/19 (2006.01)
CPC G21B 1/19 (2013.01) [Y02E 30/10 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) target comprising:
a case comprising a plurality of beam channels, wherein at least one of the plurality of beam channels is at an angle to a surface of the case;
an outer shell disposed within the case;
a propellant disposed between the case and the outer shell,
wherein at least one of the plurality of beam channels penetrates the case into the propellant,
wherein at least one of the plurality of beam channels comprises a hemispherical cavity in the propellant, and
wherein the at least one of the plurality of beam channels comprises a sphere of gold foam centered in a curvature of the hemispherical cavity in the propellant;
an inner shell disposed within the outer shell, wherein the inner shell is comprised of a high-Z material;
an outer fuel disposed between the outer shell and the inner shell, wherein the outer fuel is comprised of a mixture of deuterium and/or tritium gas having a density of approximately 0.21 g/cm3; and
an inner fuel disposed inside the inner shell.