German fusion machine to kick off in December
Dec 2, 2015 20:51:16 GMT -6
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Post by Rickster on Dec 2, 2015 20:51:16 GMT -6
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From Max-Planck-Institut
If you thought CERN was a scary project, read some of this article. But I will make it easy for you this is the key phrase:
“The objective of fusion research is to develop a power plant favourable to the climate and environment that derives energy from the fusion of atomic nuclei just as the sun and the stars do,” the press release from Max Planck reads, and it certainly has the potential."
Science is building a sun contained with electro magnetics and specialized cooling systems. Oh yeah one place is looking for the God particle while the other acting like God creating a self contained sun. I am glad I live on the other side of the planet.
"The key to fusion is to create ungodly high temperatures up to 180 million degrees Fahrenheit (100 million Celsius) and generate, confine, and control a blob of gas called plasma. At these incredibly high temperatures, the very structure of the atom changes, and the electrons are ripped from the outer shells, leaving positive ions. Normally, these ions would just bounce off each other, but under these conditions, they can merge together, creating new atoms, and – BAM – you have nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion shouldn’t be mistaken for the nuclear energy we are using at the moment, which generate energy from decaying atoms, not atoms that fuse together."
"After nine years of construction and more than one million installation hours the main assembly of Wendelstein 7-X was completed in April 2014. Since then, preparations for operation have been conducted. One by one the technical systems have been tested – the vacua in the cryostat and the plasma vessel, the cooling system, the superconducting coils and the magnetic field produced by them, the control system as well as the heating and measurement devices.
Subject to the operating licence being granted, the first plasma has been scheduled for 10 December 2015. “We will start with a plasma of the noble gas helium and change, next year, to the actual object of investigation, a hydrogen plasma“, states Project Head Professor Thomas Klinger: “In helium the plasma state is easier to achieve. Moreover, we can use the helium plasmas to clean the surface of the plasma vessel.“ The first hydrogen plasma will follow at the end of January 2016."
Subject to the operating licence being granted, the first plasma has been scheduled for 10 December 2015. “We will start with a plasma of the noble gas helium and change, next year, to the actual object of investigation, a hydrogen plasma“, states Project Head Professor Thomas Klinger: “In helium the plasma state is easier to achieve. Moreover, we can use the helium plasmas to clean the surface of the plasma vessel.“ The first hydrogen plasma will follow at the end of January 2016."
“The objective of fusion research is to develop a power plant favourable to the climate and environment that derives energy from the fusion of atomic nuclei just as the sun and the stars do,” the press release from Max Planck reads, and it certainly has the potential."
Science is building a sun contained with electro magnetics and specialized cooling systems. Oh yeah one place is looking for the God particle while the other acting like God creating a self contained sun. I am glad I live on the other side of the planet.
