SBIR Phase I: A Plasma Heat Engine for Efficient Production of Fusion Energy

SBIR 第一阶段：用于高效生产聚变能的等离子体热机

• 批准号: 1841031
• 负责人: Richard Nebel
• 金额: $ 22.48万
• 依托单位: TIBBAR PLASMA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1841031&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Plasma; Heat; Engine

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project technology has potential to be transformative in power generation. The ultimate goal of this project is to produce aneutronic fusion energy in a system that is small, simple and inexpensive. This system will produce power that is as clean as renewable energy while simultaneously removing the need for energy storage that is required for intermittent sources like wind and solar power. It utilizes new, innovative physics which has not been incorporated in fusion devices before. This SBIR Phase I project proposes to study a plasma-based fusion device which has two rings that oscillate in the axial and radial directions. The rings will be confined in an axial harmonic oscillator potential. The two rings collide with one another axially when both rings have their maximum axial velocities. Fusion occurs primarily from the relative velocities of the rings, not from the thermal energy in the plasma. This will allow for the use of advanced aneutronic fuels. The primary goal of the phase I is to evaluate the theoretical feasibility of this system.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）项目技术的更广泛的影响/商业潜力有可能在发电中具有变革性。 该项目的最终目标是在小型，简单且廉价的系统中产生Aneutronic Fusion Energy。 该系统将产生像可再生能源一样干净的功率，同时消除了间歇来源（例如风能和太阳能）所需的能量存储的需求。 它利用了以前从未在融合设备中纳入的新的创新物理学。 该SBIR I期项目提议研究基于等离子体的融合装置，该融合装置的两个环在轴向和径向方向上振荡。 环将限制在轴向谐波振荡器电位中。 当两个环具有最大轴向速度时，两个环在轴向上相撞。融合主要来自环的相对速度，而不是来自血浆中的热能。 这将允许使用先进的动脉燃料。 第一阶段的主要目的是评估该系统的理论可行性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。