Description of need
Fusion companies and research labs are struggling to design a liquid breeder blanket that simultaneously transfers heat and avoids magnetohydrodynamic craziness. This is especially true for liquid lithium, which would need to move very quickly (~ 1 m/s), and which is electrically conductive.
Tokamak Energy has expressed a need for better modeling capabilities in order to understand and mitigate the magnetohydrodynamic problems associated with liquid Li movement.
Problem severity (1-10)
Unknown
Who has this need
- Fusion companies pursuing liquid Breeder blanket designs like Tokamak Energy (liquid Li blanket).
Total addressable market (TAM)
Unknown
Solutions today, and their shortcomings
Unknown
Potentially relevant capabilities
MHD work by Jeffrey P Freidberg and others?