Fusion Energy and the Physics of Burning Plasmas

聚变能和燃烧等离子体的物理

• 批准号: FT0991899
• 负责人: Prof Matthew Hole
• 金额: $ 48.96万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-02-15 至 2014-02-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT0991899
• 关键词: Fusion; Energy; Physics; Burning; Plasmas

The world faces a global energy crisis. Our standard of living, which is largely powered by base-load electricity supply, is unsustainable. Fusion power is a near zero greenhouse gas technology, which promises millions of years of base-load electricity, free from weapon proliferation. This promise has galvanised the international community to accelerate fusion development by committing to the next-step technology-enabling $16 billion experiment, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). In anticipation of ITER, this fellowship will foster growth of Australian fusion research, and address a grand science challenge facing ITER: how do we maintain burn in the face of potentially damaging plasma instabilities? The answer will affect both ITER and the viability of fusion power.

世界面临着全球能源危机。我们的生活水平，主要是由基本负荷电力供应，是不可持续的。核聚变发电是一种接近零温室气体的技术，它承诺提供数百万年的基本负荷电力，不受武器扩散的影响。这一承诺促使国际社会致力于推动下一阶段的技术发展，即160亿美元的国际热核聚变实验反应堆（ITER）。在对ITER的期待中，该奖学金将促进澳大利亚聚变研究的发展，并解决ITER面临的重大科学挑战：面对潜在的破坏性等离子体不稳定性，我们如何保持燃烧？答案将影响ITER和聚变能源的可行性。