Energy Source of the Future: Generating Fusion Power | FD Engineering

Energy Source of the Future: Generating Fusion Power | FD Engineering

An engineering revolution is underway. Driven by dedicated individuals who are building extraordinary machines that will change our lives.

It is the greatest technological challenge ever undertaken by humankind. The quest to produce the ultimate energy solution…Fusion. It’s been called ‘bottling a star but so immense are the challenges, the goal of a power-producing fusion reactor has so far remained elusive and out of reach….until now.
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[catherinepoloynis]

Thank you so much for this wonderful, educational documentary about such an important project!

[antonnym]

Tokamak will prove to be a dead end, but the Stellarator is promising, as is the Focus Fusion project at LPP under Eric Lerner.

[TheRealKlinky]

If the physics works then the engineering challenges will eventually be overcome. Trust me, I'm an Engineer!

[randomdill]

It's crazy to think such advances in physics science and engineering to boil water to turn a turbine. Basically the world's most advanced and expensive coolest steam engine 😅

[saeedsobhani]

Our generation appreciates the mind boggling hardworking people and scientists who contribute to such projects for the comfort of the next generations ❤❤❤

[antonnym]

Fission already doesn't make greenhouse gasses. Fusion reactors that achieve not just ignition, but Net Energy Gain are apprimately 25 years away and always will be. It's called the breakthrough horizon.

[Michael-jh]

Fusion is the energy of the future and always will be😊

[philipculver]

Billions and billions of dollars, tons and tons of extremely complicated equipment. Yet the sun just lol it is actually absurd.

[capncorncob]

25:42 i feel like the cup speaks to the job

[BurningGhosts]

Am I tripping balls or is the narrator the actor from Star Trek, Jean-Luke Picard?

[jaythehulkmoeller]

Humanity could really use a win like this. I hope we make a breakthrough that will change the world for the better.

[GOTOSEE]

Wild statement to say that the sun is terribly inefficient 😂

[FrankensteinDIYkayak]

this might be the most efficient in terms of fuel but how about in terms of rare earths, nobel metals and such? how many thorium plants could be built for the same resources? thorium has to get used up anyway so as to make rare earth production cheaper.

[GrimysocietyTv]

I will help with creating a new self ignition phase once accomplished I will open source the information

[jordanTrevonHolman]

How old is this video again. Been some years on the memory. Know we had drain somewhere.

[VeritasPraevalebit]

It is good that the necessity to produce enough tritium in the reactor is mentioned in the video.

Each fusion reaction between one deuterium atom an one tritium atom releases one free neutron. This neutron moves at high speed and it will perhaps be absorbed by a liquid blanket that surrounds the reaction chamber and its kinetic energy will be used to heat the lithium and in a power reactor this heat will be used to produce electricity. But this neutron also has to fuse with a lithium atom. This nuclear reaction will perhaps produce a new tritium atom that will have to be extracted from the lithium that can be used to fuel the fusion process.

For this to be a closed cycle it is required that each step in the tritium production has 100% efficiency and this is obviously impossible. A possible way out of this dilemma is to use a neutron multiplier and one method could be to use beryllium for that.

When a neutron hits a beryllium atom a reaction that produces two neutrons can occur and they each have a chance to produce a tritium atom. If this is a viable road to fusion power is written in the stars. It might well be that what is written in the stars is "Don' t try this at home, use our free fusion power instead".

[DejaVuDejaVuDejaVu]

Can't wait until 2039 :) Hope they will manage ITER. Great Documentary :)

[GarretKrampe]

I am the pie in the sky, laughing at you, can you see the reason why ? I am the maker of rules, Dealing with fools, I can cheat you blind. Apologies to Alan Parsons

[barry.w.christie]

All this technology and we're still basically using steam power!

[Charles-Darwin]

The ITER tokamak is not expected to be finished in 2025. The project's initial start-up has been delayed by nine years, from 2025 to 2034. The plan is now to skip the initial phase and begin research as soon as possible using a more complete machine. The tokamak will then undergo research for over two years before reaching full plasma current operation in 2036. After that, the reactor will shut down for further assembly and is expected to begin D-T operation in 2039.