Lucknow, Read. India has achieved an important achievement amid global efforts to obtain clean and unlimited energy on Earth from 'artificial sun' i.e. nuclear fusion. Bengaluru based private startup Pronos Fusion with its compact tokamak reactor 'Pragya' (PRAGYA) Plasma has been successfully generated for the first time.
According to the company, only This 40 cm diameter reactor was built in eight months. It will be used as a research platform for the development of advanced technologies related to plasma control, testing and fusion.
What is tokamak reactor?
Tokamak is a machine in which extremely hot plasma is controlled with the help of a powerful magnetic field. In nuclear fusion, lighter atomic nuclei are joined together to form a heavier nucleus. A large amount of energy is released in this process. Even in the sun, energy is produced through the fusion process. Scientists have replicated this principle on Earth in a controlled manner. clean energy with low carbon emissions Working towards achieving.
PRAGYA will run as a research platform for two decades
Pranos Fusion plans to operate PRAGYA as a research platform for approximately two decades. Under this, there is a plan to take about 3,000 plasma shots every year. On this platform, various technologies related to fusion along with controlling plasma will be tested and developed. The company believes that this will form an important foundation for developing further fusion technologies.
HTS magnets in 2027, target of net energy gain by 2030
Pronos Fusion has also unveiled its next roadmap regarding fusion energy. The company aims to activate high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets by 2027. After this, the company plans to develop a net energy gain reactor named 'PRANIQ' by the year 2030. Net energy gain refers to a situation in which the energy obtained from the fusion process exceeds the energy consumed to run the system. If this goal is achieved, then taking fusion energy beyond the laboratory can be considered an important step towards commercial energy production.
Why is this achievement of India important?
Fusion energy is considered one of the potential sources of future clean energy, but controlling the extremely hot plasma for long periods of time and extracting practically useful energy from the fusion process is a major scientific challenge. Continued experiments on plasma control and fusion technologies through compact research reactors like PRAGYA can help advance India's fusion energy ecosystem.
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