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Foresight study on the worldwide developments in advancing #FusionEnergy, including the small scale private initiatives
Foresight study on the worldwide developments in advancing #FusionEnergy, including the small scale private initiatives
This study provides an analysis of the leading public and private fusion initiatives globally which has been used to generate 4 foresight scenarios for fusion development 
The study provides a picture of the most common challenges and barriers to fusion development as well
Great workshop👍👍👍
With insights from R. J. Hawryluk and @ScottCHsu
With insights from R. J. Hawryluk and @ScottCHsu
The big picture looks like this
Although we still have a lot of work to do
I've got the great one from @unitusviterbo and @renfusion (stellarator approach):
An optimized power conversion system for a stellarator-based nuclear fusion power plant
#FusionEnergy @martinkupp @formbar
An optimized power conversion system for a stellarator-based nuclear fusion power plant
#FusionEnergy @martinkupp @formbar
The most critical aspect of tokamak power plants is their pulsed duty cycle, which includes long plasma-burn phases followed by fast dwells to remove ashes and dusts from the reactor chamber and re-load the central solenoid
Stellarators with blankets utilizing Pb-17Li as breeder and coolant can reach a maximum operating temperature of 1100 °C
This allows to reach a high power conversion efficiency, due to possible coupling with a Brayton–Rankine Combined Cycle (CC)
This allows to reach a high power conversion efficiency, due to possible coupling with a Brayton–Rankine Combined Cycle (CC)
Could #fusionenergy breathe new life into retired fossil fuel plants? Zap is taking a closer look to find out. zapenergyinc.com/news/retrofitt… 🧵
Today we're announcing a new study to assess the feasibility of building a Zap fusion energy plant at Washington's only remaining coal power station, @TransAlta's Big Hanaford Power Plant in Centralia.
Replace burning coal with fusion heat to turn steam into electricity and we revolutionize the dirtiest power plants in the world🚭
#ThursdayMoney 🧵
This week we got deep analysis of possible #FusionEnergy cost valuation with @JesseJenkins in the authors' list!🙀🙀🙀
This week we got deep analysis of possible #FusionEnergy cost valuation with @JesseJenkins in the authors' list!🙀🙀🙀
While it is difficult to determine cost of a particular design when much of underlying fusion technology has yet to be developed, it is possible to set cost targets by determining the value of a design with a particular set of operational parameters in a simulated future scenario
This is the first study of the equilibrium value of fusion at various levels of capacity penetration for the United States, and the first investigation of the value of integrated thermal storage for fusion plants in an hourly model
#Backtoschool
Let's talk about fundamentals of #FusionEnergy: plasma energy balance and Lawson criterion
Let's talk about fundamentals of #FusionEnergy: plasma energy balance and Lawson criterion
Plasma energy balance is determined by the energy sources feeding the plasma and the energy losses cooling it down
For the plasma to remain stationary, the energy balance must be in equilibrium, i.e. the sources must compensate the losses
For the plasma to remain stationary, the energy balance must be in equilibrium, i.e. the sources must compensate the losses
The total power produced by the D-T fusion reaction Pfusion is divided between the products of the reaction, the alpha particles, i.e. the helium nuclei (He), and the neutrons
This quarter Eastern part of the world is leading 🌏🧭💵💴💶
The race was started with @HB1116 announcement of $6 million grant awarded and $16 million in contributions from partners
hb11.energy/2022/05/03/hb1…
hb11.energy/2022/05/03/hb1…
With the recent number of articles regarding fuel crisis of #FusionEnergy it's the right time to start public discussion on it
#ScientificMonday
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#ScientificMonday
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Right now, the tritium used in fusion experiments like @iterorg, and the smaller JET tokamak in the UK, comes from a very specific type of nuclear fission reactor called a heavy-water moderated reactor
Many of these reactors are reaching end of their working life, there are fewer than 30 left in operation worldwide —20 in Canada, 4 in South Korea, and 2 in Romania, each producing about 100 grams of tritium a year. (India has plans to build more, but who knows where it ends
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/07/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/12/07/dai…
Book checked out for 110 years returned to Boise Public Library
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#StrangerThanFiction #libraries
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#StrangerThanFiction #libraries
1431-1449: The Final Ecumenical Council - Two Churches, One Tradition
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#WesternTheology #pluralism #scholasticism #traditions
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#WesternTheology #pluralism #scholasticism #traditions
People think a *net energy gain* nuclear fusion experiment is a long way off (as far as the Sun, the nearest fusion reactor). Researching #TheStarBuilders, I discovered extraordinary progress... hold on to your seats for a 🧵on fusion #physics and advances in #fusionenergy! 1/n
What's net energy? It's putting 1 unit of energy into a fusion machine & getting *more* than 1 unit out. Breakeven in energy = same out as was put in. Scientists refer to percentages: 100% for breakeven, >100% for net energy gain. Gain is like a single match lighting a big fire🔥
Why is net energy gain important? It's the first step to developing fusion as a power source. Scientists have been trying since the 1940s, & it’s perhaps the greatest technical challenge humanity has ever taken on. And we *need* cleaner energy.
Now, let’s talk about the advances.
Now, let’s talk about the advances.
People are still tweeting about the NYT's piece on the SPARC nuclear #fusionenergy release, so as a fusion PhD student I'm going to explain what it is and isn't...
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nytimes.com/2020/09/29/cli…
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nytimes.com/2020/09/29/cli…
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is a spin-out from MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Centre. A few years ago they described an innovative design for a power plant called ARC, which proposed using recent advances in high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to shrink the machine.
This works because the fusion plasma is held by the strong magnetic field, as each charged particle corkscrews tightly around the field lines.
The higher the field (denoted B), the tighter the corkscrew, effectively shrinking the whole plasma.
The higher the field (denoted B), the tighter the corkscrew, effectively shrinking the whole plasma.
