High-pressure and-temperature generator

Claim 1

APPARATUS OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED COMPRISING AN ENERGY STORAGE AND DISCHARGE CIRCUIT, A CONDUCTIVE FUELCONTAINING ELEMENT SYMMETRICALLY SHAPED AROUND A STRAIGHT AXIS, AN ARRAY OF DISCRETE NONHELICAL CONDUCTORS OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL SHAPES SYMMETRICALLY DISPOSED AROUND THE FUEL ELEMENT, ADJACENT ENDS OF THE FUEL ELEMENT AND OF THE CONDUCTORS BEING CONNECTED TO FORM SYMMETRICALLY DISPOSED RADIALLY PLANE LOOP CIRCUITS, MEANS CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF THE FUEL ELEMENT TO ONE SIDE OF SAID CIRCUIT, MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE OTHER ENDS OF ALL OF THE CONDUCTORS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID CIRCUIT, MEANS FOR RELEASING A SURGE OF CURRENT FROM THE CIRCUIT THROUGH THE CONNECTING MEANS FOR PARALLEL FLOWS THROUGH THE CONDUCTORS AND SERIAL FLOWS THROUGH EACH CONDUCTOR AND THE FUEL ELEMENT SUFFICIENT TO VAPORIZE THE FUEL ELEMENT INCLUDING ITS FUEL AND THE CONDUCTORS TO FORM PLASMA, THE DIRECTIONAL FLOW OF CURRENT THROUGH EACH CONDUCTOR AND ITS RESULTING PLASMA BEING OPPOSITE TO THE FLOW OF CURRENT THROUGH THE FUEL ELEMENT AND ITS PLASMA, WHEREBY A MAGNETIC PINCH EFFECT IS EXERTED UPON THE FUEL IN ITS PLASMA FORM.