Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2022
Volume 67, Number 3
Monday–Friday, March 14–18, 2022; Chicago
Session A15: Future of EnergyInvited Live Streamed
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Sponsoring Units: GERA FIAP Chair: Matthew Thompson, Zap Energy Inc. Room: McCormick Place W-183C |
Monday, March 14, 2022 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
A15.00001: Fuel agnostic heavy duty engines for a decarbonized future Invited Speaker: Julie Blumreiter TBD |
Monday, March 14, 2022 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
A15.00002: Expediting Fusion Energy Development via Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinches and Liquid Metal Walls Invited Speaker: Clemente J Parga Zap Energy Inc. (ZEI) is on the path to commercialization of a sheared-flow-stabilized (SFS) Z-Pinch plasma discharge fusion system. The SFS Z-pinch concept, developed at the University of Washington with LLNL collaborators, offers the promise of a compact fusion device owing to its simple geometry and absence of external magnetic field coils. Recent experiments corroborate expected thermonuclear fusion reaction rates, as the discharge current is scaled towards compact reactor conditions. |
Monday, March 14, 2022 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
A15.00003: The high magnetic field path to fusion energy Invited Speaker: Dan Brunner Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), in collaboration with MIT, has built and demonstrated the world's largest (110 MJ), high-field (20 T) high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet. This magnet is the key technology for CFS's high-field path to fusion energy and retires the major technical risks for the technology, enabling CFS to go ahead with construction of SPARC, a tokamak with a mission to demonstrate net fusion energy in 2025. This talk will place the high-field tokamak path in context of the greater fusion ecosystem, lay out the physics basis for the high-field path, and describe the challenges to taking the next steps. |
Monday, March 14, 2022 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
A15.00004: Decarbonization of the electricity generation mix - An introduction Invited Speaker: Luigi Ciavarella TBD |
Monday, March 14, 2022 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
A15.00005: Nanotech-Enabled New Energy Storage Paradigm: High Energy Density Pumpable Liquid Battery Invited Speaker: Elena Timofeeva Today’s fossil fuel production and energy distribution infrastructure is decidedly linear, consumptive, and carbon emissive. Oil is pumped from the ground, refined into fuel, shipped to distribution then fueling stations, and combusted to extract the latent energy. Moving from a fossil fuel-centric infrastructure to a cleaner electric powered infrastructure has long been a goal for many. Currently this movement largely relies on the ability to store electricity from renewable sources in solid battery banks. The efforts, have progressed slowly over the years due to high battery costs, recharging time, safety concerns, and infrastructure challenges. A new paradigm is needed. |
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