2024 - Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2024 Volume 15. Intl. Symp on Energy, Biochar, Cement, Carbon, Construction Materials, Agroforestry and Environmental
| Editors: | F. Kongoli, S.M. Atnaw, H. Dodds, M. Mauntz, T. Turna, H.W. Kua, M. Giorcelli, J. Antrekowitsch, G. Hanke, O. Adiguzel |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Pages: | 297 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-998384-32-7 (CD) |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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NUCLEAR FUSION FOR STARS AND SUSTAINABILITY
Ekadashi Barakoti1; Chary Rangacharyulu1;1UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, Saskatoon, Canada;
Type of Paper: Invited
Id Paper: 208
Topic: 17
Abstract:
It is well known that nuclear fusion is regarded as the main driving phenomenon of nucleosynthesis in stars and the source of energy emissions. It is not news any more that nuclear fusion is considered to be a game changer in our quest to achieve sustainable clean energy solution. So far, the main process being experimented is the deuteron-triton reaction resulting in the alphas and neutrons. More recently, the attention is being paid to aneutronic processes such as proton -boron interactions.
In this talk, we examine the processes such as proton-boron, 3He-deuteron reactions which are cleaner in the sense that there are no neutrons nor radioactive residuals in them.
There are interesting theoretical complications regarding the plasma temperatures and the statistical physics. A progress in these aspects will contribute to better models of nuclear astrophysics of stars and also better fusion devices. We will provide an overview of the issues and possible experimental and theoretical investigations.