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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2024 - Over the past ninety years, humanity has explored various fusion technologies, yet only a select few have managed to generate a thermal fusion plasma with electron temperatures surpassing 10M C.
Zap Energy is a startup that hopes to create a fusion power plant in less than 10 years. It plans to use a Z-pinch device to create fusion reactions.
For decades, government scientists have toiled away trying to make nuclear fusion work. Will commercial companies sprint to the finish?
In the race to develop fusion energy, each unique approach requires its own specialized techniques to determine net energy gain, an equation balancing energy in and out that’s known by the letter Q. A new paper establishes the company’s method of measuring and calculating Q in Zap Energy’s sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch fusion plasmas. The publication will be an important part of Zap demonstrating energy gain on the way to building a commercial fusion system.
Zap Energy’s new Z-pinch fusion reactor promises a simpler approach to an elusive goal