Just A Little Z-Pinch: Zap Energy’s Game-Changing Approach to Fusion Power
ARPA-E funded Zap Energy as part of its BETHE program back in 2020 to advance and enable controlled fusion as a source of safe, clean, abundant, and dispatchable power.
Zap’s unique approach, known as a “Z-pinch“, drives electrical current through the fusion fuel, creating self-generated magnetic fields that compress and heat the fuel toward fusion conditions.
In this video, ARPA-E Program Director Dr. Scott Hsu and Zap’s Ben Levitt, AJ Kantor, and Ryan Umstattd help explain how this sheared-flow stabilized (SFS) Z-pinch may be the simplest and most compact of all known controlled-fusion approaches, as it does not require magnetic coils nor any external heating systems other than the source to drive the electrical current.
Zap’s ARPA-E funded project will enable them to build a more versatile SFS Z‑pinch device to eventually allow for independent control of the plasma formation and acceleration stages. They will use the new device to advance their triple product toward breakeven conditions.
6 views
144
44
1 month ago 00:04:23 1
FEUERSCHWANZ - Valhalla Calling (Official Video) - Cover of @miracleofsound | Napalm Records
1 month ago 00:00:07 11
Just rise your head
1 month ago 00:03:06 748
Praying to Vovan and Lexus / Prank with Thomas Bach
1 month ago 00:03:08 1
How to make a song with your neighbour’s cat (Let Me In)
1 month ago 01:01:21 17
sleepless nights
1 month ago 08:28:05 1
In Full: Lord Arbuthnot gives evidence to Post Office Horizon IT inquiry
1 month ago 00:06:35 1
Greta Thunberg ‘making millions’ out of being arrested
1 month ago 00:07:05 1
Berlin in July 1945 (HD 1080p color footage)
1 month ago 00:04:50 1
FM “Don’t Need Another Heartache“ Official Music Video
1 month ago 00:12:50 1
“🚨 Alerte 😱 : Français, Prêt à être crucifié ? - Le Sursaut de Spartacus
1 month ago 00:03:52 1
Talking To Myself [Official Music Video] - Linkin Park
1 month ago 00:10:24 1
Weymouth Police Beat Handcuffed Man - Back The Blue It’s A Tough Job
1 month ago 00:10:26 1
The Perfect 3 Exercise Shoulder Workout for Capped Delts
1 month ago 00:03:25 1
Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! (Metal Cover by Little V)
1 month ago 00:04:33 1
Claude Debussy “Clair de Lune“ // a modular reflection
1 month ago 00:09:36 1
Triple-40’ Shipping Container Garage Build! A Depreciation and Cost Winner! #shippingcontainer
1 month ago 00:12:17 1
Rivian R1T: Electrifying the Outdoors | Leg 4 of 5: La Sal to Tremonton | MotorTrend
1 month ago 00:03:48 1
TAEMIN 태민 - ’Killer’ (original by KEY 키 - AI Cover)
1 month ago 00:03:14 1
BAD OMENS x POPPY - (Official Music Video)
1 month ago 00:02:47 1
COFFI - JUST A PRANK BRO ( КЛИП НА ПОДПИСЧИКОВ )
1 month ago 04:09:20 1
Простота истинного знания | Книга-путеводитель по самоисследованию | Ратан Лал