2. Depleting Greenhouse
Fuel reserves emissions
Need for
new
energy
source ?
Energy
Promising
Requirement resource
3. The call was answered by a new radix
Nuclear Fusion
The most basic form of energy in the universe
is by thermonuclear fusion reactions
4. Fusion Reaction
2H
Deuterium 3H
Tritium
2
E = mc
Neutron Helium
+ 14.1 MeV 4H + 3.5 MeV
5. Advantages of Fusion
Limitless clean No chain reaction
energy source And nuclear waste
Only Core remains Deuterium is
radioactive for 100 abundant
years in sea water
Tritium can be extracted 50 t/a of Deuterium can
from lithium and power 500 reactors of
reusable 1Gwe Each
500 times more powerful
than fission techniques
7. Fusion Power Plant Heat
Feed water Helium
Exchange
Steam
Turbine
& Generator Deuterium
Magnetic
Field
Tritium
Power
Steam
Power
Supply
Plasma formed
Transmission Q Factor is sustained
8. Operational Issues
Materials used are less
Easy to handle
constrained
The reaction stops within
reducing risk of uncontrollability
seconds
If reactor is damaged heat
Helium generated is completely
generation would
harmless to life
immediately cease
Radioactive material released into the
environment would be less than Longer operational life and
1/1000 of the natural background compact
radiation
9. Conclusion
Development of technology is Required
Fusion, if fully developed by 2050 Will become a widely used future
energy source
Considerable progress in the last three decades