SBIR Phase I: A Plasma Heat Engine for Efficient Production of Fusion Energy

SBIR 第一阶段：用于高效生产聚变能的等离子体热机

• 批准号: 1841031
• 负责人: Richard Nebel
• 金额: $ 22.48万
• 依托单位: TIBBAR PLASMA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1841031&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Plasma; Heat; Engine

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project technology has potential to be transformative in power generation. The ultimate goal of this project is to produce aneutronic fusion energy in a system that is small, simple and inexpensive. This system will produce power that is as clean as renewable energy while simultaneously removing the need for energy storage that is required for intermittent sources like wind and solar power. It utilizes new, innovative physics which has not been incorporated in fusion devices before. This SBIR Phase I project proposes to study a plasma-based fusion device which has two rings that oscillate in the axial and radial directions. The rings will be confined in an axial harmonic oscillator potential. The two rings collide with one another axially when both rings have their maximum axial velocities. Fusion occurs primarily from the relative velocities of the rings, not from the thermal energy in the plasma. This will allow for the use of advanced aneutronic fuels. The primary goal of the phase I is to evaluate the theoretical feasibility of this system.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力有可能在发电领域产生变革。该项目的最终目标是在一个小型、简单和廉价的系统中产生无中子聚变能。该系统将产生与可再生能源一样清洁的电力，同时消除对风能和太阳能等间歇性能源所需的能量存储的需求。它采用了新的、创新的物理原理，这在以前的核聚变装置中是没有的。SBIR第一期项目拟研究一种基于等离子体的核聚变装置，该装置具有两个在轴向和径向上振荡的环。这些环将被限制在一个轴向谐振子电位中。当两个环都有最大轴向速度时，两个环在轴向上相互碰撞。核聚变主要发生在环的相对速度上，而不是等离子体的热能。这将允许使用先进的无中子燃料。第一阶段的主要目标是评估该系统的理论可行性。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。