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J Fusion Energ DOI 10.1007/s10894-008-9181-y ORIGINAL PAPER Experimental Results for an Acoustic Driver for MTF Michel Laberge Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2008 Abstract General Fusion is planning to form an FRC or pistons. The steam accelerates the pistons to *100 m/s. spheromak of 1017 cm-3, 100 eV, 40 cm diameter by The pistons impact the spherical vessel and send a strong merging two spheromaks with reverse or co-helicity. This acoustic wave in the liquid metal. The pressure developed target will be further compressed in a 3 m diameter tank at the impact is: P = qvcs/2 where q is the density, v the filled with liquid PbLi with the plasma in the center. The speed of impact and cs is the sound speed in the impacting tank is surrounded with pneumatically powered impact material. For steel q = 8000 kg/m3 and cs = 5000 m/s so pistons that will send a convergent shock wave in the liquid the pressure developed is 2 GPa (300 kpsi). Good steel can to compress the plasma to 1020 cm-3, 10 keV, 4 cm handle up to 3 GPa (450 kpsi) of compression. The effi- diameter for 7 ls. General Fusion has built a 500 kJ, 80 ls, ciency of the driver can be quite good. About 33% of the 6 GW pneumatic impact piston capable of developing thermal energy goes into piston kinetic energy (the usual 2 GPa (300 kpsi). In this paper we will present the per- thermal to mechanical efficiency at realistic temperatures). formances achieved to date. For steel and liquid lead (specific gravity 10.8, cs = 2 km/s), the acoustic impedance (density*speed of sound) match is Keywords Magnetized target fusion Spheromak good with 91% of the energy going into the liquid