Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170102606

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170102606

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Multi-region relaxation dynamics in fusion and stellar plasmas. This project aims to apply a static plasma modelling approach to linear modes of vibration and nonlinear explosive events in toroidally confined fusion plasma experiments and stellar atmospheres. The long-term survival of advanced civilisation depends on the development of reliable and ecologically sustainable energy sources. One of the most promising approaches for baseload electrical power is magnetic confinement fusion: harnessing, in a magnetic field, the nuclear reactions that power stars. This project will develop powerful new ways of modelling strong plasma instabilities in magnetised plasmas. Learning how to avoid these would remove a key barrier to fusion power.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-12-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $353,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Renewable Power) | Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Space and Solar Physics | Plasma Physics; Fusion Plasmas; Electrical Discharges

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nuclear Energy | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Expanding Knowledge in the Mathematical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Nuclear Energy | Plasma Physics; Fusion Plasmas; Electrical Discharges | Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Renewable Power) | Space and Solar Physics

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