Descripción del proyecto
Explorar el futuro de la energía limpia
La fusión nuclear podría proporcionar a la humanidad un suministro ilimitado de energía limpia, segura y sostenible, eliminando la necesidad de combustibles fósiles. Sin embargo, los desafíos científicos y técnicos son inmensos. Un obstáculo fundamental es lograr un confinamiento efectivo del plasma, lo cual requiere tanto estabilidad como la capacidad de mantener el plasma con fugas mínimas. En este contexto, el proyecto TauEB, financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Innovación, se basa en el revolucionario concepto de fusión espejo de Novatron, cuyo objetivo es crear tapones de plasma que permitan el confinamiento a largo plazo. El diseño podría acelerar la viabilidad comercial de la fusión nuclear, dando paso a una nueva era de producción de energía con profundos beneficios medioambientales, económicos y geopolíticos.
Objetivo
Nuclear fusion could provide humankind with an unlimited supply of clean, safe and sustainable energy, which would mean forgetting about the dire effects of fossil fuels. However, after almost a century of billion-dollar investments in nuclear fusion research, continuous fusion reactions have not been achieved yet due to the extremely challenging scientific and technical barriers that must be overcome. The performance of a fusion power plant is fundamentally dependent on the quality of confinement. For the confinement to be effective, it must satisfy two crucial criteria: 1) Stability and 2) The ability to maintain plasma over time with negligible leakage.
Building upon the revolutionary mirror fusion concept by Novatron, which inherently stabilizes the plasma, the Tau-E Breakthrough project (TauEB) is designed to provide essential plasma plugs. These plugs are crucial for confining the plasma over an extended period, making it scalable to a fusion reactor that generates energy at a competitive Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE). This radically new design will make it possible to bring nuclear fusion technology to the commercial stage in record time, thus changing our lives not only by creating a multi-billion euro market, but above all by providing great social, environmental, economic and geopolitical benefits.
To successfully achieve the projects goals and maximise the impact of its results, we have brought together a multidisciplinary consortium combining the deep knowledge of KTH, KIPT and UKAEA in different complementary fields of nuclear fusion research (magnetic confinement, plasma stability, advanced simulation methods, radio frequency plasma heating, ponderomotive plugging and diagnostics), NFGs revolutionary Novatron concept and its outstanding technological implementation skills (system design, mechanical design, instrumentation and plasma diagnostics), and IEs outstanding innovation and exploitation management advice.
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme
Convocatoria de propuestas
HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01
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