Everything You Need to Know About Fusion Power
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ย. 2021
- Fusion is one of the basic reactions in our world. It is what fuels every single star that exists out there, including our Sun. And it uses the most common element in the universe - hydrogen. Nuclear fusion, basically, is the limitless source of energy. And, cleanest, too. But creating a star on Earth is a challenging task. It requires temperatures over 100 million Celsius, a lot of plasma, strong magnets, and a lot of energy to get energy. Considering that, it still seems like the most promising power source. Thankfully, scientists already working on it for decades, and it feels like we’re getting close. Learn more about this promising power source in this video.
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Record fusion shot #99971 using DT fuel at the Joint European Torus (JET) at Culham, UK; credit: UKAEA, courtesy of EUROfusion
As I mentioned in the video, I also made a video about nuclear energy (fission), where I explained its principles, its economy, and dispelled a bunch of misconceptions. You can check it out: th-cam.com/video/mO3FXpe7EM0/w-d-xo.html
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Valentin
I'm already in the works on the video about wind power -- going to release it in a few days. Stay tuned!
I like your channel and style of videos, hope you get many more views
Thanks!
So the heat produced by the plasma has to produce much greater mechanical energy than the magnets could themselves right? Cause I was thinking why not use the magnets to spin turbines.
The magnets are used to confine the plasma in a magnetic field so that it doesn’t touch the walls of the reactor and cause damage. The heat produced by the plasma is used to produce mechanical energy which can be converted into electricity. The magnets themselves do not produce energy and cannot be used to spin turbines directly. Instead, the heat produced by the plasma is used to boil water and produce steam which drives turbines that generate electricity
I think I read sometime ago that Q = 1.0 was achieved. Any news on that?
Yes, it was achieved in 2022 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA. This video is a little outdated.
Genuine constructive criticism here; pay someone $20 to read your script for you, hell, I’d happily do it. Your accent is difficult to sit through, and takes away from the content significantly. Not a fault of yours, but you gotta play to your strengths and weaknesses. Verbal presentation (in the English language) is not your strong suit.
I’d say the same thing to Elon Musk for every one of his presentations if he’d listen, so I hope you know it’s nothing personal.
Was told to watch this video from a Reddit thread; fantastic learning. Appreciated the broken down simple to understand wording and concepts. I have learned something new today 🫡
Thank you! I’m glad you found it informative!
your accent is killing me....
Thanks for letting me know!
It doesn’t bother me one bit. That person is just trying to make a joke probably. Most people understand that not everyone comes from the US or UK.
@@Design_Nerd You speak slowly, it's great for non-native English speakers like me to understand. Keep at it, it's great!
Yea he is adding and subtracting syllables to/from words where he shouldn't. Definitely had a hard time following along. Languages are hard though!
@@raphael0208 Thank you. I realize that my accent is terrible and I have some speech problems even in my native language. All I can say is that I'm working on it. But I can't fix it in one day.
Well if absolutely nothing did it 200 billion trillion times, how hard can it be? What a load of crap.
If it's so easy, why can't you build your own fusion reactor? I'm sure you'd win a Nobel Prize and have a bunch of monuments built in your honor. Wouldn't that be great?