Andrey Litnovsky: German Consortium Launches Ground-breaking Fusion Project
发布日期:2025-05-07  字号:   【打印

报告时间:2025年5月12日(星期一)10:00

报告地点:材料楼601室

Andrey Litnovsky 博士

工作单位Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH(于利希研究中心,德国)

举办单位:材料科学与工程学院

报告简介

Recently, the exciting fusion project, "a-SMART-FIT," has been launched with support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This innovative initiative brings together industry and research to advance two cutting-edge material concepts: SMART (self-passivating tungsten-based alloys) and FIT (tungsten fibre-reinforced composites). These technologies, developed at Forschungszentrum Jülich, are now poised for production upscaling and industrialization with the aim of advancing future fusion reactors.

The project focuses on developing and qualifying plasma-facing components (PFCs) equipped with advanced cooling structures, designed for use in fusion power plants. SMART components will cover the reactor’s entire first wall, while FIT components will be deployed in the divertor area. These technologies address critical challenges related to the safety and lifespan of fusion reactors, representing a significant step toward the realization of commercial fusion energy.

For the first time in the field of fusion, the consortium is led by German industry. The project is coordinated by Dr. Fritsch Sondermaschinen GmbH, with Zoz GmbH playing a key role. These industrial leaders are joined by Forschungszentrum Jülich and two of Germany's leading universities, RWTH Aachen and Ulm University. Over the course of three years, the team will focus on developing and testing industrial-scale SMART and FIT plasma-facing components for future fusion power plants.

报告人简介

Andrey Litnovsky received his Ph.D. from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) in 2001. Since 2004 he has been working as a scientist at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany. He has coordinated and contributed to several international projects on plasma-facing components, such as the “First Mirrors” program within IEA and ITPA. He is currently the head of the “First Mirrors” working group in the ITPA Topical Group on Diagnostics. His research interests include plasma-surface interactions, material science, plasma diagnostics, and fusion engineering. Dr. Litnovsky has authored over 160 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has an h-index of 37 (Google Scholar). He gave more than 20 invited talks at international conferences and lectures at institutions such as Oxford University, MEPhI, and HFUT.