Crossfire Fusor - Aneutronic Nuclear Fusion Reactor

The CrossFire Fusor is a nuclear fusion reactormagnetic fields act as a magnetic lens focusing
that is a combination of electrostatic confinement(converging) the charged particles, and the electric
and magnetic confinement forming penning traps,fields, at distal ends of the magnets, act as an
electrostatic acceleration, injection of chargedelectrostatic lens focusing (converging) the
particles through magnetic cusps, magneticparticles as they approach and defocusing
reconnection, electrostatic and magnetic lenses,(diverging) them as they move back. Pulses on
intended mainly to produce fusion power forelectrical current of the magnets results in
thrusting spacecrafts. The name Fusor is shortoscillations on magnetic flux transferring radially
for fusion reactor, and the name CrossFire is dueenergy to plasma (pinch effect) which increases
to both confinement and injection is donethe fusion rate. When a nuclear fusion reaction
three-dimensionally.occurs, the charged products of the reaction
The CrossFire Fusor consists of superconductingescape longitudinally overcoming the electric field
magnets for confining radially charged particles.and then can be deflected by magnetic and
The magnets are disposed to form a magneticelectric fields. For the nuclear fusion reactions to
cusp region where the charged particles areproduce only charged products, no neutrons, the
injected in an electrostatic way, for that is appliedfusion fuel must be aneutronic like Boron Hydrides,
an electric voltage at this region. At distal ends ofHelium-3 or Lithium Hydride. Aneutronic fuels
the magnets are applied electric fields for trappingrelease millions of times more energy than the
longitudinally the reactants allowing products tofossil fuels and the product of fusion reaction
escape. It was designed by Moacir L. Ferreira Jr.generally is a non-radioactive waste Helium-4.
initially for propulsion purposes, however, it can beUsing exclusively aneutronic fuels, calculations can
used as a power plant using a method called ofbe more feasible due to use of well know
electricity conversion by neutralization process.formulas of physics and electricity which can give
a reasonable degree of predictability. Specific
Problem with current fusion approachesenergy and specific ionization are input parameters
The Tokamak requires a lot of energy, confinesfor calculations of magnetic flux and electric
only in two dimensions implying low probability ofvoltages. The specific ionization can be either
fusions, and was exhaustively tried in more thanpositive or negative, however, specific ionization
30 experiments worldwide.as low as possible, keeping the plasma in a
The Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor takes advantage ofquasi-neutral state, results in more energy
electrostatic acceleration consuming low energy toproduction and less instabilities.
reach great kinetic energy, but has the unsolvable
grid- loss problem and a cloud of ion at the centreComparison to current approaches
region limit its energy production.The CrossFire Fusor is similar to
The Bussard Polywell, its present magneticFarnsworth-Hirsch Fusor in using electrostatic
compression has low probability of fusingacceleration to reach great kinetic energy, but
aneutronic fuels, and the excess of electrons limitsdiffers on confinement. It is similar to Bussard
kinetic energy of the plasma and causesPolywell, also to Limpaecher plasma containment,
bremsstrahlung radiation.in injecting charged particles through a magnetic
 cusp region, however, differs on the creation of
The Crossfire Fusor approachelectric potentials, trapping, magnetic focalization
A group of superconducting magnets are disposedand electricity conversion. The CrossFire Fusor
to form a magnetic cusp region in where isdiffers from Tokamaks, Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor
applied an electric voltage, and at distal ends ofand Bussard Polywell, in having an escape
the magnets is applied an opposite electric voltage.mechanism which can solve problems like ionic
A fuel is ionized by exchanging electrons with asaturation and energetic instability of the plasma.
ground electric potential becoming chargedAlso, achieves both three-dimensional injection and
particles which fall down to the magnetic cuspthree-dimensional confinement, associated with
region reaching great kinetic energy of aboutmagnetic lenses and bore coating, can increase
600KeV (7 billion °C) at low energy consumption.the probability of fusion reactions. The CrossFire
The injection of charged particles is doneFusor has a well defined cycle of energy and
surrounding the region of the magnetic cusps topresents a set of simple and consistent
perform a three-dimensional injection. In thecalculations to support its technical feasibility.
interior of the magnets, the charged particles
move longitudinally describing a circular and helical 
orbit around the magnetic field lines keeping awayElectricity conversion
from the magnet walls.  The magnet walls areThe Electricity conversion by Neutralization
coated with a metal alloy like tungsten or depletedProcess is relatively simple. A positive electric field
uranium for reflecting bremsstrahlung radiationforces the positively charged products to
back to plasma. At the region of the magneticexchange its kinetic energy to potential energy.
cusps, the magnetic field lines are curved forcingThe positively charged products attract easily
the charged particles to describe a more ellipticalelectrons from an electron gun, and the electron
and eccentric orbit increasing electrostaticgun extract electrons from a positive terminal of
pressure at the region of the magnetic cuspsa capacitor increasing its positive voltage which
creating a great difficulty for the charged particlesincrease its stored energy (E=½CV²), then a
to escape overcoming this region (magneticswitching-mode power supply send this energy to
reconnection phenomenon), and a continuousa battery bank. This method of electricity
injection of the charged particles by an ionconversion can exceed 95% of efficiency.
injection belt becomes it more difficult yet. The