Status:
ACTIVE
State:
MI
Project Term:
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Program:
OPEN 2015
Zakuro
Transitioning Advanced Ceramic Electrolytes into Manufacturable Solid-State EV BatteriesMore information on this project is coming soon!
Status:
ACTIVE
State:
WA
Project Term:
-
Program:
BETHE
Zap Energy
Sheared Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch Performance ImprovementA Z-pinch fusion device has an electrical current driven through the fusion fuel, creating self-generated magnetic fields that compress and heat the fuel toward fusion conditions. While a Z-pinch with no equilibrium flows has rapidly growing instabilities that disrupt the plasma within nanoseconds, the Z-pinch can be stabilized if an axial plasma flow varying strongly enough with radius is introduced. This sheared-flow stabilized (SFS) Z-pinch may be the simplest and most compact of all known controlled-fusion approaches, as it does not require magnetic coils nor any external heating systems…
Status:
ACTIVE
State:
WA
Project Term:
-
Program:
OPEN 2018
Zap Energy
Electrode Technology Development for the Sheared-Flow Z-Pinch Fusion ReactorZap Energy will advance the fusion performance of the sheared-flow stabilized (SFS) Z-pinch fusion concept. While the simplicity of the Z-pinch is attractive, it has been plagued by plasma instabilities. Like traditional Z-pinch approaches, the SFS Z-pinch drives electrical current through a plasma to create magnetic fields that compress and heat the plasma toward fusion conditions. The innovation of the SFS Z-pinch is the velocity gradient across the radius of the Z-pinch—in other words, the outer edge of the plasma column is moving at a different velocity than the center—which stabilizes…