Acoustic ICF Technology Fusion reactions are driven in linear accelerators, cyclotrons, tokamak fusion reactors, laser inertial confinement fusion reactors, and with numerous others approaches. However a fusion technology capable of producing sufficient energy which is economically viable has proven to be an elusive goal. A cost effective fusion technology is challenging because extremely high temperatures and pressures are required. Fusion reactions only occur at temperature and pressure conditions one finds at the center of a star like our Sun, where indeed these reactions take place. When hydrogen (or deuterium, also known as heavy hydrogen) is heated to extremely high temperatures, the nuclei of the hydrogen atoms collide and fuse together, producing helium and a large amount of energy. The reaction yields over a million times more energy than the energy required to separate the hydrogen from water. A small part of the mass is lost when the atoms combine, or fuse, to make helium, and the loss in mass gets converted into energy. Acoustic ICF is a process where ultrasonic energy is used to create violent spherical imploding collapses inside a fluid. IDI's Acoustic ICF technology has the goal to take this process to the extreme temperatures and pressures required to promote fusion reactions. The spherical convergent collapses of the cavities lead to rapid accelerations, and our initial simulations predict resulting plasma temperatures capable of significant fusion yields. Acoustic Fusion Technology Summary Impulse Devices, Inc. General Release, June 27, 2005
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