I believe fusion power could be used to curb climate change. Patent application modular apparatus for confining a plasma, filed 2008 the above drawings are from the authors 2008 patent application, published 2010 and available on the u. Three organizations to realize fusion are contrasted. Early work by emc2 company funded by darpa and later navy. Using new software often means taking the time to train employees. Your question may be answered by sellers, manufacturers, or customers who purchased this item, who are all part of the amazon community.
Polywell polywell concept proposed by robert bussard bus91, kra92. Such a system would have to smash ions together in the center of a hot, magnetized cloud of electrons. The primary goal of all fusion research is to design a device which produces energy. There will be a report delivered by emc2 to the funding agency. I designed a new assembly which should remedy these problems. The present pic simulation explains why the most recent polywell fusion reactor failed to produce fusion energy. What are the merits and drawbacks of the polywell fusion. Emc2 s polywell approach aims to use a specially designed highvoltage grid to trap ions in a plasma and drive them together so forcefully that they spark a fusion reaction. Bussard to develop fusion power with a device called the polywell emc2, the first computerbased nonlinear editing system, introduced in 1989 by editing machines corp.
Emc2 developed a firstprinciple based computer code to validate and optimize the polywell technology. The real breakthrough for a polywell is in finding a geometry for the inner grid that is able to conform to the magnetic field, and hence prevent electron loss. Pro, a commercial version 12 of a software program. As to whether polywell fusion will ever produce enough energy to justify its relatively low cost, it remains to be seen. Prometheus fusion perfection developing clean, cheap, open. An addon storage for network without touching the existing server netdisk can also be attached to the existing network to increase more storage space without. Today i did a full 10 capacitor 450v test fire of the coil power supply into the coils. A polywell fusion reactor designed for net power generation. Emc2s polywell approach aims to use a specially designed highvoltage grid to trap ions in a plasma and drive them together so forcefully that.
Synchronized variations of multiple parameters would require dc power supplies, not available in historic model testing. It detailed general fusion, focus fusion, tri alpha and the polywell. In fact, once you have a polywell, fusion itself is probably easier. Emc2 chief scientist presents a path to electrostatic nuclear. Pdf a polywell fusion reactor designed for net power generation.
Emc2 fusion development corporation is a nonprofit organization comitted to research and development in frontier energy technologies, in particular nuclear fusion energy. Updates on polywell fusion talk at microsoft democratic. This enhancement is required for a fusion power reactor based on cusp confinement to be feasible. Fusion features a powerful node based interface that lets you quickly and easily create. Emc2 fusion development corporation is not affiliated with energy matter conversion corporation emc2 or any commercial entity mentioned on this page. It uses an electric field to heat ions to fusion conditions. After the failure of wb8, emc2 abandoned the polywell. Pdf fusion, however, is incredibly easy to use, with an intuitive draganddrop interface that lets users become proficient in just minutes. Robert bussard at emc2 in 1983, the polywell fusion concept combines electric fusion with magnetic cusp confinement. Bussards idea was for a polyhedron of rings which have generally been of six sides forming more of a cube. May 05, 2007 the real breakthrough for a polywell is in finding a geometry for the inner grid that is able to conform to the magnetic field, and hence prevent electron loss. Emc2 is part of this new fusion industry alliance mentioned on the lppfusion.
For more advanced functions, pdf fusion also offers builtin training tutorials that allow your users to get up to speed quickly and easily. Jan 22, 2015 in this talk, i will introduce the polywell fusion concept that may offer a low cost and rapid development path to power the world economically and sustainably. On a disappointing note it looks like goddamn vacuum pump is broken again. The results are quite positive, even though no net gain has been achieved yet. In another example, the company emc2, has published promising results on the polywell 15. The magnetic cusp configuration possesses a critical advantage. Emc2 fusion development corporation has been formed as a charitable research and development organization in frontier energy technologies with emphasis on fusion.
Robert bussard at emc2 in 1983, the polywell fusion concept combines electric fusion with. Jun 23, 2015 your question may be answered by sellers, manufacturers, or customers who purchased this item, who are all part of the amazon community. Emc2s richard nebel reveals progress made and says that wb7 is up and running and producing data. Even with dc power, the simulation showed that the trapping of cold electrons would ruin plasma stability. Due to the simple design of the polywell and the promising research it carries, the potential for the polywell to become the worlds first source of fusion energy is likely. Discuss fusion related developments, personalities, and events. Emc2 fusion is working on an approach known as polywell fusion, which combines elements of inertial electrostatic confinement a technology that comes into play in. Polywell fusion wb8 gets stimulus funding democratic. Emc2 fusion development corporation, the nonprofit organization recently founded to collect donations through the new mexico community foundation to further polywell research.
Mar 31, 2015 he krall acknowledged that emc2 fusion hasnt yet determined whether or not a working polywell fusion reactor is feasible krall is a plasma physicist and adviser to emc2 fusion. The primary problem with the polywell design and other similar designs, which essentially use external fields to bring particle beams to focus, is that the theory which shows that they work ignores collective effects. Mar 03, 2007 tom ligon, a researcher who worked witth dr. An article documenting recent advances in wiffleball. Emc2, the company behind the navys secretive polywell fusion reactor project has finally released a paper about their work.
Aug 24, 2011 the primary problem with the polywell design and other similar designs, which essentially use external fields to bring particle beams to focus, is that the theory which shows that they work ignores collective effects. Apr 18, 20 polywell mechanism is illustrated and fusion with ion beams is mentioned. Fusion one corporation was a us organization founded by dr. Polywell fusion reactor progressive fusion solutions. We are two high school students designing and building a fusion reactor, pushing the limits of diy science. In august, phoenix nuclear labs announced it could churn out 100 billion neutrons a second, for an entire day 34, 35. It was recently explored by the us navy and emc2 inc. What hes doing is building a bussard polywell fusion reactor.
Emc2s polywell approach aims to use a specially designed highvoltage grid to trap ions in a plasma and drive them together so forcefully that they spark a fusion reaction. Emc2 s richard nebel reveals progress made and says that wb7 is up and running and producing data. Discuss the technical details of an open source communitydriven design of a polywell reactor. Request to remove the real polywell polywell nuclear fusion home. We report experimental results validating the concept that plasma confinement is enhanced in a magnetic cusp configuration when beta plasma pressuremagnetic field pressure is order of unity. It includes an update on the navy polywell research effort, an analysis of general fusion, the story of the northwest nuclear consortium and livermore ending the life program. Corel pdf fusion powerful productivity software for home. The life program was livermore national labs effort to develop icf as a power plant. Jun 10, 2008 alan boyle at cosmic log has an update on emc2 fusion s wb7 polywell fusion experiment. Lowcost fusion project steps out of the shadows and looks for money. I have dedicated over years of my life to explaining it to normal people. Krall et al have yet to build a working fusion reactor, much less a reactor that produces more energy than its input. A deep analysis of lockheed martins fusion effort the.
The author daniel clery has just published a new book on fusion 38. The polywell was a proposed design for a fusion reactor using an electric field to heat ions to fusion conditions. Polywell mechanism is illustrated and fusion with ion beams is mentioned. The requirement is sole sourced to energymatter conversion corporation emc2 who is the original developer of the plasma fusion polywell approach and holds the proprietary data rights. Emc2 chief scientist presents a path to electrostatic. Jun 01, 2014 we report experimental results validating the concept that plasma confinement is enhanced in a magnetic cusp configuration when beta plasma pressuremagnetic field pressure is order of unity. So the team, is turning to arpae and private investment for support 14. Alan boyle at cosmic log has an update on emc2 fusions wb7 polywell fusion experiment. Emc2 revives quest for nuclear fusion power geekwire. Scott cornish of the university of sydney, and randall volberg. He krall acknowledged that emc2 fusion hasnt yet determined whether or not a working polywell fusion reactor is feasible krall is a plasma physicist and adviser to emc2 fusion.
Open source fusion reactor, polywell plasma by jeremy. Polywell fusion electric fusion in a magnetic cusp indico. Pyroelectric fusion the discuss how polywell fusion works. Jan 29, 2016 emc2s polywell approach aims to use a specially designed highvoltage grid to trap ions in a plasma and drive them together so forcefully that they spark a fusion reaction. The funding agency has no requirement to release anything on it. Jan 25, 2015 emc2 fusion still has to show that the design can support a fusion reaction that eventually produces more power than is put into the system. Singlespecies electron con nement with a selfproduced potential hill should closely mimic electron behavior in twospecies device. I have decided to end prometheus fusion perfection. Electron cusp losses are a major concern, and the subject of this work.
Lowcost fusion project steps out of the shadows and looks. Emc2 plans to commercialize polywell fusion technology in the next 3 years and demonstrate fusion power. Energymatter conversion corporation, emc2, a useful play on einsteins famous formula. What is netdisk nas a simple storage for network replacing a server polywell netdisk is a storage disk subsystem that allows windows, linux or mac user to read and write files simply by connecting a ethernet network. While theyve gotten some fusion from wb4 onward, the only machine believed to have hit high beta is wbmini to rework wb8 to do what was done with minib would essentially require a rebuild. In addition, the enhanced highenergy electron confinement resolves a key impediment to progress of the polywell fusion concept, which combines a high. There have been a couple posts like this already so ill take the bait and ask. Emc2 fusion still has to show that the design can support a fusion reaction that eventually produces more power than is put into the system. In a word, the three main problems with the old polywell assembly are alignment, structural integrity, and vacuum compatibility. Polywell technology is based on fusion fuel heating with electron beams combined with a proprietary magnetic confinement of plasma called the wiffleball. It looks like emc2 is getting closer to full funding and will be building a follow on machine to wb7 and wb7. Keywords polywell fusion power reactor scalemodel testing particleincell pic plasma simulation.
In this talk, i will introduce the polywell fusion concept that may offer a low cost and rapid development path to power the world economically and sustainably. Polywell is a proposed new type of fusion reactor, which is designed to use magnetic fields to overcome the problems with the elmoretuckwatson fusor. You can read what tom has to say at general fusion theory. Emc2 offers clean, sustainable fusion power in a small reactor at a low cost. Jeremy adams and dane andrews is raising funds for open source fusion reactor, polywell plasma on kickstarter. They write the name as emc2 to make it look fancy as it closely relates to the most popular einsteins energy mass equation emc2. How lockheed martins power play could boost fervor over fusion science. Polywell fusion an almost there cheap clean alternative energy. What software was tony rusi and skip bakers dodecahedral. Over the last 30 years, fusion has been used on thousands of hollywood blockbuster movies and television shows. Bussard on the polywell machines has added a few points to polywell as i currently understand it. Progressive fusion solutions is an iec fusion research startup who are researching fusor and polywell type devices.
A properly functioning polywell ought to be, in essence, a 3d electron storage ring. It looks like emc2 is getting closer to full funding and. Emc2, the first computerbased nonlinear editing system, introduced in 1989 by editing machines corp linuxcnc, formerly emc2, the second variant of. As the other fellows suggested eegan,mmarino,cother founder and last ccorporation. I started this blog in 2009 while i was in graduate school. Help fill in my understanding of the polywell fusion reactor. To take the concept further they need 30 million in investment, but again the office of fusion energy sciences is not helping 16. An intensive analysis of lockheedmartins fusion effort.
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