march 9 focus fusion nyc presentation

March 9, 2014

A Short Route

to

FUSION

Cheap, Clean, Safe & Unlimited Energy

In the US, the median

person pays $1 in 6 for

energy

$9,000/year, $22 a day

Worldwide: $1 a

day for energy

$3 a day

total income

Total energy costs:

$ 5 trillion a year

Global rate of increase

in debt:

$5 trillion a year

7 Million Deaths Annually

from Fossil Fuel Pollution

What Is Fusion?

Tokamak

What Is Focus Fusion?

Controlled Nuclear Fusion

Within a

Dense Plasma Focus Device

Running on Aneutronic Fuel.

What Is Aneutronic Fusion? It’s a fusion using aneutronic fuel, ideally made of hydrogen and

boron, pB11, which produces no neutrons and thus no radioactive waste.

Aneutronic → No neutrons → No Radioactive waste

LPPHYSICS.COM

Direct energy conversion → No $$$ turbines

Why Is Aneutronic Fusion Cheap?No neutrons → No Radioactive waste

Only Focus fusion leads to much cheaper

clean energy

―If you have another clean way to produce [energy]

at 2 to 10 cents per Kwhr, the world does not

change,‖ says Brian Wang. ―Only [with] LPP, if they

can get it down to 0.1 cent per Kwhr does the

world change.‖

Motherboard, October 29, 2013

Spiral GalaxyQuasars

Beam From Star Formation

REPRODUCING NATURAL INSTABILITIES

Solar Flares

Dense Plasma Focus :

small inexpensive device

Inside of FF-1’s Generator

Energy (X-rays, Ion Beams) Capture Device

Where Are We?

Ion temperature— goal achieved —over

1.8 billion degrees, enough to ignite pB11

Confinement time— goal achieved 20 ns—

more than 8 ns goal

Energy transfer to plasmoid—

over 50% of goal

Density—must increase by 10,000

From NJ to your neighborhood

1 Year – conclude scientific feasibility

4 Years – for commercial generator

FF-X, 2018FF-1, 2015

Science Fiction?

Other physicists don’t think so

Safe

NO neutrons from main reaction

NO high energy neutrons

NO radioactive waste—electrodes contain

less radioactivity than a roomful of

people.

Generator safe to service without

protection 9 hours after turn-off

COSTS

For 5 MW generator, mass

production

$0.08-$0.20/W

Electric cost

Less than 0.3 cents/kwH

vs best today of 6 cents/kwH

Far Less Cost Than

Any Existing Source

Energy Benefits

17% increase in real income for median

US resident

44% increase in real income for median

person in the world

Distributed Power5 MW generators, safe enough to

put in neighborhoods

far more reliability in disasters,

rapid deployment to towns and

villages throughout the world

JOBS, Services and Infrastructure

$5 TRILLION per year not

spent on energy

100-150 million new jobs

globally

Fusion for Peace

No more war to prop up the price of oil

Fission energy is obsolete—

lock up the uranium mines

Fusion for the Environment

End deadly pollution from coal, diesel, gasoline

End oil spills, mining devastation

Total recycling with plasma torch

Money released to end deforestation, environmental

clean-up,

No greenhouse gases

No radioactive waste

Fusion for the Environment

End deadly pollution from coal, diesel,

gasoline

End oil spills, mining devastation

Total recycling with plasma torch

Money released to end deforestation,

environmental clean-up

No greenhouse gases

No radioactive waste

Space Exploration

A fusion rocket could get to Mars in

2 weeks

A multistage interstellar fusion

rocket could in theory attain 1/3

the speed of light

Steps To Increase Density

50x-- Achieve theoretical density—tungsten

electrodes to eliminate impurity

10x-- Increase current to 2.8 MA

20x-- Better compression with heavier pB11

Needed:

Beryllium electrodes

Tungsten is fine for impurity, but

absorbs too many x-rays

Beryllium far more transparent

But costs-- (single unit)--$250,000

Crowdfunding

Launch on Indiegogo April 22

Goal $250,000 (nice to get more!)

Need $1 million,

12 months to scientific feasibility

Need volunteers!

Need publicity—web, social media

Start online discussions everywhere

Goals:

100 by March 15

1,000 by April 22

Each one reach 3 in 3 weeks!

Our Intellectual Property:

• US patent 7,482,607

• Chinese Patent No. 200780007065.7

• Australian Patent 2007314648

• Patent applications , same priority date:

Europe, Canada, India

Aneutronic Fusion

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