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Zap Energy hits 37-million-degree electron temperatures in compact fusion device
Zap Energy announced April 23 that it has reached 1-3 keV plasma electron temperatures—roughly the equivalent of 11 to 37 million degrees Celsius—using its sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch approach to fusion. Reaching temperatures above that of the sun’s core (which is 10 million degrees Celsius temperature) is just one hurdle required before any fusion confinement concept can realistically pursue net gain and fusion energy.
J. Mishra, R. Gangradey, P. Nayak, S. Mukherjee
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 78 | Number 3 | April 2022 | Pages 211-219
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1985905
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Based on the ideal gas gun theory (IGT) approximation, an analytical study of solid hydrogen pellet motion in a gas gun–type pellet injector has been performed. A parametric investigation has been conducted to study the pellet speed dependence on the gun characteristics and the propellant conditions. The calculations have been verified by applying various experimental data reported from the literature. Experimental results are within 70% to 90% of the ideal IGT and are in line with global predictions. Calculations indicate that the speed of the pellet has a strong dependence on the propellant pressure and its mass, and a weak dependence on the length of the gun barrel. In addition, the effects of shock waves due to the sudden opening of the propellant valve and some nonideal effects, such as the effect of friction at the propellant pellet–wall interface, have been studied. The results of the calculations have been verified by applying them to the experimental results.
