Fusion Energy Science and Technology
| Numbering Code |
G-ENE20 63392 LE77 G-ENE20 63392 LE28 |
Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
| Target Year | Master's students | Target Student | ||
| Language | English | Day/Period | Tue.1 | |
| Instructor name |
NAGASAKI KAZUNOBU (Institute of Advanced Energy Professor) MORISHITA KAZUNORI (Institute of Advanced Energy Associate Professor) YAGI JURO (Institute of Advanced Energy Associate Professor) KOBAYASHI SHINJI (Institute of Advanced Energy Associate Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course | Subjects on the science and technology of the latest information on the development of fusion energy are offered from viewpoints of energy generation, technology, material and utilization | |||
| Course Goals |
To understand basic knowledge and latest topics on energy generation, conversion, control and utilization of fusion energy from the aspect of technology, materials and application. To analyze and critically evaluate the energy systems technology on which each students will be studying, and to discuss a strategy of study from social, technical, environmental and sustainability aspects. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Latest topics about the development of fusion reactor, its energy conversion systems, and material issues are lectured by 15 times of classes including feed back. 1. Fusion Energy Conversion (Yagi) (1)Development of Fusion Devices (2)Fusion Energy Conversion System (3)Fusion Safety (4)Energy, environment, and economics 2. Control of fusion energy (Nagasaki) (5)Ignition condition (6)Magnetic confinement system (7)Confinement, transport and stability (8)Plasma heating 3. Magnetically confined fusion plasma experiments (Kobayashi) (9) Control of fusion plasmas (10) Plasma diagnostic (11) Analytical technique for fusion plasmas 4. Recent Progress in Fusion Structural Materials R&D (Morishita) (12)Fusion blanket structural materials and their requirements for fusion application (13)Effects of high energy neutron irradiation (14)Modeling of radiation damage process in fusion materials (15)Current status of fusion materials R&D |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Attendance and report(term paper) will be required. Evaluation will be based on the scores of each reports to be given as 100 point maximum. | |||
| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Occasional homeworks may be given to consider an energy related topics. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Original materials are provided. Some materials are available on the web with limited access. | ||
| References, etc. | to be introduced in the lecture | |||
