The optimum role of nuclear fusion in carbon-free future energy systems

核聚变在无碳未来能源系统中的最佳作用

• 批准号: 2461991
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2461991
• 关键词: optimum; role; nuclear; fusion; carbon

The aim of this project is to study the technological innovation necessary for commercially viable fusion. This will build on an existing technology roadmap and focus on the transition from technology development to manufacturing. Key issues will include cost reduction pathways as the technology moves from development to manufacture and on to mass manufacture suitable for rapid roll out of modular fusion systems.Electricity generation is only part of the global energy system. Fossil fuels currently dominate transport and domestic heating and their replacement is vital if we are to meet climate change targets. Co-generation (hydrogen, process heat, domestic heating, propulsion) will need to be considered. The scale and nature, and hence the economics, of reactors and the balance of plant will depend on the application.

该项目的目的是研究商业上可行的核聚变所需的技术创新。这将建立在现有技术路线图的基础上，重点关注从技术开发到制造的过渡。关键问题将包括随着技术从开发到制造再到适合快速推出模块化融合系统的大规模制造，降低成本的途径。发电只是全球能源系统的一部分。目前，化石燃料在交通和家庭供暖方面占据主导地位，如果我们要实现气候变化目标，化石燃料的替代至关重要。需要考虑热电联产（氢气、工艺热、家庭供暖、推进）。反应堆和工厂平衡的规模和性质以及经济性将取决于应用。

项目成果

The commercialisation of fusion for the energy market: a review of socio-economic studies

• DOI: 10.1088/2516-1083/ac84bf
• 发表时间: 2022-07
• 期刊: Progress in Energy
• 作者: Thomas Griffiths;R. Pearson;M. Bluck;S. Takeda