Nuclear fusion and spacecraft thrusters work with plasma but at different temperatures but face similar hurdles. Collaboration could help solve them.
Temperatures of plasma inside a fusion reactor and inside a thruster engine might be different but challenges remain the same.Scientists at the Centre for Energy, Environment al and Technological Research and the Plasma & Space Propulsion team at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid may seem to have little in common in terms of research interests, but the groups have found a problem that they can work together to solve – fusion plasma turbulence.
The plasma generated isn’t very different from the one used in fusion nuclear reactors, which operate at temperatures as high as 150 million degrees. The plasma generates conditions for atomic nuclei to fuse and produce large amounts of energy. Navarro collaborated with Carlos Hidalgo at CIEMAT, who helped transfer technical know-how about diagnostic tools used in fusion research to plasma thruster. CIEMAT researchers deploy a fast camera that analyzes fusion reactions at three different wavelengths.
Image showing analyses of fusion reaction at different wavelengths which help researchers determine turbulence at scales never seen before. Image credit:An added benefit of the two research teams working together was data sharing in areas in which they would not typically work. Nuclear fusion reactions occur at extremely high temperatures and are highly magnetized.
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