Recent progress in Chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configuration
Fusion energy is a promising source of clean energy, which could solve energy shortages and environmental pollution. Research into controlled fusion energy has been ongoing for over half a century. China has created a clear roadmap for magnetic confinement fusion development, where superconducting t...
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| author | Jinxing Zheng Jinggang Qin Kun Lu Min Xu Xuru Duan Guosheng Xu Jiansheng Hu Xianzu Gong Qing Zang Zhihong Liu Liang Wang Rui Ding Jiming Chen Pengyuan Li Lei Xue Lijun Cai Yuntao Song |
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| description | Fusion energy is a promising source of clean energy, which could solve energy shortages and environmental pollution. Research into controlled fusion energy has been ongoing for over half a century. China has created a clear roadmap for magnetic confinement fusion development, where superconducting tokamaks will be used in commercial fusion reactors. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is the world’s first fully superconducting tokamak with upper and lower divertors, which aims at long-pulse, steady-state, H-mode operation, and 101-s H-mode discharge had been achieved. In 2007, China joined the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and became one of its seven members. Thirteen procurement packages are undertaken by China, covering superconducting magnets, power supplies, plasma-facing components (PFCs), diagnostics, etc. To bridge the gap between the ITER and fusion demonstration power plants (DEMOs), China is planning to build the Chinese Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor (CFETR) to demonstrate related technologies and physics models. The engineering design of the CFETR was completed in 2020, and Comprehensive Research Facilities for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) are being constructed to explore the key technologies used in the CFETR. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e3373e4d46554949a7ccee26b1e5cb492022-12-22T02:41:27ZengElsevierThe Innovation2666-67582022-07-0134100269Recent progress in Chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configurationJinxing Zheng0Jinggang Qin1Kun Lu2Min Xu3Xuru Duan4Guosheng Xu5Jiansheng Hu6Xianzu Gong7Qing Zang8Zhihong Liu9Liang Wang10Rui Ding11Jiming Chen12Pengyuan Li13Lei Xue14Lijun Cai15Yuntao Song16Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaSouthwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, ChinaSouthwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, ChinaSouthwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, ChinaSouthwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, ChinaSouthwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, ChinaSouthwestern Institute of Physics, Chengdu 610041, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; Corresponding authorFusion energy is a promising source of clean energy, which could solve energy shortages and environmental pollution. Research into controlled fusion energy has been ongoing for over half a century. China has created a clear roadmap for magnetic confinement fusion development, where superconducting tokamaks will be used in commercial fusion reactors. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is the world’s first fully superconducting tokamak with upper and lower divertors, which aims at long-pulse, steady-state, H-mode operation, and 101-s H-mode discharge had been achieved. In 2007, China joined the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and became one of its seven members. Thirteen procurement packages are undertaken by China, covering superconducting magnets, power supplies, plasma-facing components (PFCs), diagnostics, etc. To bridge the gap between the ITER and fusion demonstration power plants (DEMOs), China is planning to build the Chinese Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor (CFETR) to demonstrate related technologies and physics models. The engineering design of the CFETR was completed in 2020, and Comprehensive Research Facilities for Fusion Technology (CRAFT) are being constructed to explore the key technologies used in the CFETR.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675822000650fusionroadmapEASTITERCFETR |
| spellingShingle | Jinxing Zheng Jinggang Qin Kun Lu Min Xu Xuru Duan Guosheng Xu Jiansheng Hu Xianzu Gong Qing Zang Zhihong Liu Liang Wang Rui Ding Jiming Chen Pengyuan Li Lei Xue Lijun Cai Yuntao Song Recent progress in Chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configuration The Innovation fusion roadmap EAST ITER CFETR |
| title | Recent progress in Chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configuration |
| title_full | Recent progress in Chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configuration |
| title_fullStr | Recent progress in Chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configuration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent progress in Chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configuration |
| title_short | Recent progress in Chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configuration |
| title_sort | recent progress in chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configuration |
| topic | fusion roadmap EAST ITER CFETR |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675822000650 |
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