Variable Radii Bitter Spiral Crystal Spectrometer
Princeton Docket #22-3922-1
A novel high-resolution x-ray spectrometer for small or point-like emission sources has been developed using a crystal shape having both a variable major and minor radius of curvature. This variable-radii spiral spectrometer (VR-Spiral) allows five key spectrometer design...
Published: 1/5/2023
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Inventor(s): Novimir Pablant, Manfred Bitter, Kenneth Hill, Lan Gao, Brian Kraus, Philip Efthimion
Keywords(s): Imaging
Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Medical Devices/Diagnostics
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Optical Counting and Localization of Suspended Particles Using a Hough
Transform
Princeton Docket # 20-3689
Researchers at Princeton University and PPPL have developed a new method for counting bubbles in non-electronic, superheated emulsion bubble neutron detectors. Traditional single-image counting techniques lose accuracy as objects occlude...
Published: 5/26/2022
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Inventor(s): Robert Goldston, Michael Hepler
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Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
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Novel Stellarator Design
Princeton Docket # 21-3827 / 3821 / 3822
Procedure for Designing Arrays of Permanent Magnets
PPPL inventors have developed a novel procedure for designing an array of magnets for confining stellarator plasmas using a small number of unique magnet parts. The parts consist of identically shaped cubes, each of which is polarized...
Published: 12/5/2022
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Inventor(s): David Gates, Caoxiang Zhu, Kenneth Hammond
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Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Plasma/Fusion
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Low Temperature Plasma Device for Sterilization and Antiviral ApplicationsPrinceton Docket # 20-3699Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University have designed a flexible dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) device which produces a uniform, cold plasma for disinfection and sterilization. The device can easily be made into desirable...
Published: 4/27/2022
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Inventor(s): Yevgeny Raitses, Shurik Yatom, Sophia Gershman
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Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Plasma/Fusion, Medical Devices/Diagnostics
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A rocket thruster that could take humans to Mars and beyond
Docket: 21-3746-1
A new type of rocket thruster propels a spacecraft by taking advantage of the physical mechanism that accelerates solar flares. The thruster would apply magnetic fields to force particles of electrically charged gas, or plasma, to shoot out the back of a rocket at high velocity,...
Published: 4/27/2022
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Inventor(s): Fatima Ebrahimi
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Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Plasma/Fusion
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Princeton Docket # 21-3764
Motivated by the current COVID-19 pandemic, Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, have designed a novel plasma-based in-situ device for decontaminating air flow from viruses and bacteria in real time. The use of cold, low temperature plasma to eradicate pathogens is a tested and effective...
Published: 1/11/2023
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Inventor(s): Shurik Yatom, Sophia Gershman, Yevgeny Raitses, Philip Efthimion
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Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Plasma/Fusion, Medical Devices/Diagnostics
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Plasma Based in-situ Method to Disinfect Surfaces in Real Time
Princeton Docket # 20-3698
Motivated by the current COVID-19 pandemic, Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University have designed a novel plasma-based in-situ method for disinfecting surfaces in real time. The use of plasma to eradicate pathogens is a tested...
Published: 5/26/2022
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Inventor(s): Kenneth Silber, Charles Gentile
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Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Plasma/Fusion, Medical Devices/Diagnostics
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Chemically Enhanced Plasma SterilizerPrinceton Docket # 20-3703Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University have designed a chemically enhanced plasma sterilizer (CEPS) which uses atmospheric pressure cold plasma enhanced with a chemical reagent and UV light to provide sterilization and disinfection of bio-contaminated surfaces...
Published: 4/27/2022
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Inventor(s): Yevgeny Raitses, Sophia Gershman, Shurik Yatom, Philip Efthimion
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Plasma/Fusion, Medical Devices/Diagnostics
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Low Temperature Plasma Device for Sterilization and Antiviral ApplicationsPrinceton Docket # 20-3699Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University have designed a flexible dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) device which produces a uniform, cold plasma for disinfection and sterilization. The device can easily be made into desirable...
Published: 2/14/2022
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Inventor(s): Yevgeny Raitses, Shurik Yatom, Sophia Gershman
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Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
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Self-Disinfecting Plasma FabricPrinceton Docket # 20-3706Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University have designed a self-disinfecting plasma fabric (SPDF) comprised of a specially woven electrical discharge source where plasma is ignited within the textile. The plasma sterilizes the fabric from within and can also be used...
Published: 1/11/2023
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Inventor(s): Yevgeny Raitses, Sophia Gershman, Shurik Yatom, Philip Efthimion
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
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