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Magnetic Confinement Fusion-Status and Challenges
F. Wagner Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald Germany, EURATOM Association
RLPAT St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Sun Fusion supplies the universe with energy
In the core of the sun: 15 Mill °C
Matter: in the plasma state
Energy-mass equivalence: E=mc2
4 Mill tons of mass/sec to energy
Fusion energy maintains fusion conditions: → self-sustained burn
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Energy 2050
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Sun confinement by gravity
ITER tokamak magnetic confinement
4p He4 + energy D + T He4 + n + energy
From the sun to the 1st fusion reactor
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Energy 2050
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Sun confinement by gravity
ITER tokamak magnetic confinement
4p He4 + energy D + T He4 + n + energy
From the sun to the 1st fusion reactor
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Energy 2050
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Sun confinement by gravity
ITER tokamak magnetic confinement
4p He4 + energy D + T He4 + n + energy
From the sun to the 1st fusion reactor
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Fusion basics
D+T He4+n+ 17.6 MeV (1 g fusion fuel = 10 tons coal)
n + 7Li 4He + T + n‘ - 2.5 MeV
T from breeding reaction:
Technical fusion: hydrogen istopes deuterium (D) and tritium (T)
He (α-particle; Eα = 3.5 MeV) provides the internal heating; maintains the power producing plasma state. When cooled down: ash → ash removal n carries its energy (En = 14.1 MeV) to the outside.
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Pro: D from sea water Li from earth crust → inexhaustable energy source equal distribution of fuel on earth no CO2 poduction no uncontrollable power excursions no critical afterheat no radio-active fusion products Con: (1) tritium is radio-active
BUT: the production of tritium is in situ (2) neutrons activate structural materials
BUT: radio-active by-products are well confined
pros and cons of fusion energy
0.08 g D und 0.2 g Li put in a fusion reactor
would supply a family of 4 with electricity for a year
Source: FZJ
Their decay time is about 100 years
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The task • Confine a hot, high-pressure D-T plasma
• Heat it to high temperatures externally till inner α-particle heating takes over (→ self-sustained burn)
• Provide plasma equilibrium, stability and good confinement
• Exhaust the He ash and maintain high plasma purity
• Breed tritium within a “Lithium-blanket” via the fusion neutrons
• Remove the neutron-heat deposited into the blanket
• Produce electricity by standard steam techniques
• Realisation: •Inertial confinement (use e.g.lasers to compress pellets)
•Magnetic confinement
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Energy 2050
-∇p
gravity
Magnetic confinement
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Energy 2050
-∇p
gravity
Magnetic confinement sphere torus
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Energy 2050
-∇p
gravity
Magnetic confinement
-∇p Magnetic force
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Energy 2050
Tokamak (1951 Sacharov und Tamm) тороидальная камера в магнитных катушках
„toroidal chamber within magnetic coils“
Tokamak: The most advanced system
Plasmaring with magnetic field
induced like in a transformer
Strong current inside the plasma
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Energy 2050
The stellarator
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JET: the largest tokamak
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Devices of the Asian fusion programme KSTAR - Korea
SST-1 India
JT-60 SA Japan
EAST- China
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Wendelstein 7-X, Greifswald
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16.1 MW fusion
power from JET H
200 Mill °C in
the core of JET
Status of Fusion Research
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Fusi
on tr
iple
pro
duct
nT i
τE (1
020 m
-3 s
ec k
eV)
Central ion temperature Ti (keV)
Status of Fusion Research
After 50 years of fusion research
there is no evidence for a fundamental obstacle in
the basic physics
But, of course, still many problems
have to be overcome
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Fusion power 500 MW
Power amplification Q=10
External heating 70 MW
Pulse lenght > 8 Min.
Plasma current 15 MA
Plasma volume 840 m3
Plasma energy 350 MJ
Magnetic field 6 T (12 T)
Energy of the field 10 GJ
The first fusion reactor: ITER
Size
International partnership China, Europe, India, Japan,
Korea, Russia, USA
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Energy 2050
Why so large ?
centre
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Energy 2050
Why so large ?
centre
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Energy 2050
Why so large ?
centre
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Energy 2050
Why so large ?
centre
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Physics: •Confine a plasma magnetically with 1000 m3 volume
•Maintain the plasma stable at 2-4 bar pressure and 150 Mill °C in core
•With 15 MA current running in a fluid (tokamak)
•Find methods to maintain the plasma current steady-state (tokamak)
•Tame plasma turbulence to get the necessary confinement time Technology: •Build a system with 200 Mill K in the plasma core and 4K about 2 m away
•Build magnetic system at 6 T (max. Field 12 T) with 50 GJ energy
•Handle n-fluxes of 2 MW/m2 leading to 100 dpa
•Handle α-particle power of 10 MW/m2 onto divertor targets
•Develop low activation material
•Develop T breeding technology
•Provide high availability of a complex system
Challenges for the fusion programme
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Does fusion come too late ?
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
ITER
Pla
sma
phys
ics
Inst
alla
toin
s Te
chno
logy
Tokamak physics programme Commercial availability
Stellarator development
ITER- Technology
Electricity production
DEMO
DEMO Technology
Decision point
„road map“ to a fusion power station
JET
IFMIF, 14 MeV neutron source
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Change in technology
from red to blue
Increase in
world population
Increase of CO2
Increase in energy
consumption
Oil – peak
now 2050
Blue: RE, fission with breeder fusion The 1st half of this century will experience dynamic developments There are many uncertainties
→ keep all options open
Does fusion come too late ?
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Final comment • Research into high temperature plasmas is an intellectually rewarding field
• Fusion has a tremendous potential facing the future uncertainties - the risks of fission, storage of RE – the fusion development has to be accelerated
• There is a clear road-map to commertialize fusion (of course, there is still no guarantee of final success)
• ITER will answer open physics questions related to burning plasmas
• W7-X will demonstrate the quality expected from stellarator optimisation
• ITER, IFMIF, DEMO: The programme will move away from plasma science more toward technology orientation
• After the ITER physics and technology programme - if successful – fusion can be placed into national energy supply strategies
• With fusion, we hand over to future generations a clean, safe and - in our expectations - economic power source