Scaling laws for imploding cavities through rotating honeycombs/screens

根据世界核能协会的说法：“聚变电力为子孙后代提供了一种几乎取之不尽的能源，但它也带来了迄今难以克服的工程挑战”。总部位于不列颠哥伦比亚省伯纳比的General Fusion是积极致力于**创造一种商业上可行的核聚变反应堆的三家跨国公司之一。General Fusion的设计使用磁化目标融合，**其中等离子体被注入旋转的液体中，然后被液体压缩。随着全尺寸反应堆的设计和实验室规模的等效物**的设计不断修改，新的科学和工程挑战不断出现，最新的设计使液体通过旋转的蜂窝筛网/栅格注入。General Fusion面临的主要工程挑战之一是将基于实验室的测量结果放大到全尺寸反应堆的能力，因为之前没有关于这一特定主题的工作。这项**NSERC Engage Grant将利用McGill在网格湍流和非侵入式光学**测量技术方面的专业知识，阐明关键的标度参数，并深入了解液体通过蜂窝筛网/网格结构喷射时正在形成的复杂湍流**。通过这项Engage Grant获得的知识和**专业知识将直接影响聚变反应堆的设计，并确保**加拿大在核聚变技术方面保持世界领先地位，并将以负担得起的价格为加拿大人民提供**清洁能源。

According to the World Nuclear Association: "Fusion power offers the prospect of an almost inexhaustible**source of energy for future generations, but it also presents so far insurmountable engineering challenges".**General Fusion, based in Burnaby, BC, is one of three international companies that are actively working to**create a commercially viable nuclear fusion reactor. The General Fusion design uses magnetized target fusion,**in which plasma is injected into a rotating liquid before being compressed by the liquid. Novel scientific and**engineering challenges are constantly arising as the design of the full-scale reactor and it's lab-scale equivalent,**are modified, with the latest design having the liquid injected through a rotating honeycomb screen/grid. One**of the major engineering challenges facing General Fusion is the ability to scale up the results from the**laboratory based measurements to the full-scale reactor, as there is no prior work on this specific topic. This**NSERC Engage Grant will leverage McGill's expertise in grid turbulence and non-intrusive optical**measurement techniques to elucidate key scaling parameters and gain insight into the complex turbulent flow**that is being developed as the liquid is ejected through honeycomb screen/grid structure. The knowledge and**expertise gained through this Engage Grant will directly influence the design of the fusion reactor and ensure**that Canada remains a world leader in nuclear fusion technology and would provide the Canadian people with a**source of clear energy at affordable prices.