This video should have millions of views already. People just don't understand the magnitude of this performance. Congratulation to the teams.

@rafaelrui7457

7 жыл бұрын

AstroBax I completely agree with you!

@alpenjon

7 жыл бұрын

I'm finding it really strange how under-reported this breakthrough was. Ask anyone, they've probably not heard about it.

@ZenZill

6 жыл бұрын

Who cares about real achievements when there's Hollywood scandals and US politics to worry about /sarcasm

@dognetorg

6 жыл бұрын

People don't care, as long as their home is powered by some sort of power source. I'd say there is only a very very limited amount of people who is interested in anything that is beyond the reach of their hands or mental capabilities. Just compare the views of "this" to any video on the "worlds largest archive of nothing" - tells all about humanity.

@symphantic4552

4 жыл бұрын

It’s 2020 and this video only has 88k views

a lot of people didnt realize that this is more historic than the invention of the first computer. congrats.

@cortster12

8 жыл бұрын

+izzad ibrahim Not quite more historic, but pretty good.

@ronror

7 жыл бұрын

A Super Computer made this design possible... So no; btw that's only one of many roles computers may have had here

@w.churchill109

6 жыл бұрын

I don't see much advance during the last 50 years. They had longer stable plasmas in Tokamaks half a century ago.

@MrWomojo

6 жыл бұрын

This was just the initial test run -as they already said. This system is far more complex and also can maintain the plasma much longer than any Tokamak.

@jacobedwards9706

6 жыл бұрын

Is this one of the steps towards commercially viable energy production via fusion?

This is huge! I'm surprised that there aren't more views. I'm excited to see where this goes.

@oatlegOnYt

8 жыл бұрын

+Tyler Nelson Well. For the people that we know about fusion, this is only a small step in a research program, over a huge roadmap to bring fusion energy to get real net energy and, even more difficult, economically reasonable. W 7-X reactor is only a research model to test the advantages of this alternative configuration.

@flame_half

8 жыл бұрын

I understand that. But the fact that they even got it to run for 1/10th of a second is giant.

@MrWomojo

6 жыл бұрын

For people who REALLY know about fusion technology nothing about Wendelstein is a small step at all!

@Manonsilvermountain

3 жыл бұрын

Most of viewers here are ones who knew about WS7X for a while, and follow up to see the results. The YT scientific creators, media, and jounralists are responsible for broadcasting and publishing such outstanding feat. Yet here we are.

Congratulation guys!

Fusion energy is the future. Congrats to the teams, you are furthering the sophistication of humankind.

This accomplishment _really_ should've had bigger exposure on the MSM (not just the science community) at the time of this test. The far majority likely doesn't even know what the 7-X is (or ever heard of) in the most basic ways. Yet the implications/possibilities of a working prototype fusion reactor/device are huge. Anyway, congratulations. It's good to see there are people out there working their butts off on technology like this. We'll need it more than ever at some point.

I am in a complete state of awe. Stumbled upon a friend sharing of the Wendelstein 7-X. Initially, I thought it was science fiction. Wonderful! A huge congratulations on the results after all these years of meticulous and challenging work.

@jmitterii2

8 жыл бұрын

+the deeliciousplum I didn't even know this project even existed until today. It's amazing! :)

Großartige Arbeit! Glückwunsch dem ganzen Team! Excellent job! Congratulations to the whole team!

I just can't find the words to describe this! Congratulations to every single one of your team this is REVOLUTIONARY !

Congratulations from your neighbours, Germany. And the best of luck next year pulling this off with hydrogen. :) I love the steam engine era for having its technological brilliance so visible to the naked eye, but 3:50 is what I love about modern science. Groundbreaking stuff literally on an atomic scale, where the biggest milestones come in the shape of subtle, brief flashes on a screen.

Would like to congratulate the team on the 1st successful test. Lets hope for more to come.

This is why OPEC is selling all their oil as quick as they can, before it becomes obsolete! :)~ Good job! I didn't even know about this project until today. Let's hope all the fusion projects such as 7-X, ITER, and all others have huge success and a DEMO can be built. Such technology would make fossil fuels obsolete very quickly. And provide so much energy capacity that it would reduce the cost of recycling, actually make recycling and producing many materials via electrolysis cheaper than mining. This is revolutionary, such technology not only could put a halt to global warming, but provide enough energy so that no person on earth lives anywhere near poverty.

@TechNed

6 жыл бұрын

I think we do need to temper our enthusiasm for "boundless energy for everyone". As it stands, greenhouse issues aside, the practice of individuals converting energy to the infra-red may or may not be influencing global temperatures (I think it does because even if we stand next to a volcano or firestorm and release heat, that's 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 heat into the system and there's nothing to say it's not all cumulative) but if every individual was given free licence to release thousands of times more energy, we might accelerate things even further beyond our control.

@TechNed

6 жыл бұрын

But please don't get me wrong. I'm a massive fan of any and all efforts towards fusion energy. It's one of our only hopes to deal with that "heat blanket" of CO2 and very soon, CH4 that the majority would choose to ignore rather than make changes.

This is great news! Let's see if it can outperform the tokamaks.

I am so excited,guys. Can't wait for more detail information on it

this is really cool! these guys are going to save the world!

@kharnvelzyghur575

8 жыл бұрын

+TheTruthQuest123 ... in terms of no longer having to rely on fossil fuels for energy generation...

@MitchC00kie

8 жыл бұрын

+TheTruthQuest123 I think he meant 'saving the world' from an environmental perspective

Amazing! Well done and good luck in the next tests in 2016!

Brilliant Effort towards Nuclear Fusion for energy generation, Keep it up guys

Absolutely incredible! So exciting and a massive human achievement :)

Been waiting for this! Congratulations!

Fantastic! Keep up the good work!!

AMAZING!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Excellent work.

Even though -296°C is incredibly cold and your no smoking sign is funny, this is another "giant leap". Wow! Congratulations!

@globalko

8 жыл бұрын

+Nikolaus Heinz Well... You couldn't really achieve a temperature to -296 Celsius he must have said wrong?? since the coldest possible is -273 Celsius?

@aurianamaraine378

8 жыл бұрын

+Nikolaus Heinz He misspoke. I'm not sure what he meant to say, but -273.15 is the coldest temperature possible, though we have never been able to reach it.

@derdarky

8 жыл бұрын

Chill! I know that his intention was to say -269°C. That's why i wrote "incredibly cold"

@ohhmanitscam

8 жыл бұрын

+Nikolaus Heinz I think there was some difficulty picking the right numbers in English, that's below absolute zero and absolutely impossible! ;) 3 kelvin sounds more accurate that one of the guys said (around -270C) Either way, awesome that this is working and going to be sick if we can get more energy out of it :)

@nicol1146

8 жыл бұрын

+Nikolaus Heinz yeah it's really incredibly cold. Even cooler than possible.

So this is what revolutions looks like! Congrats!

Congratulations!

Amazing achievement!

This is great news!!! They created helium plasma much like our sun does. After seen this I'm convinced that fusion power, on a commercial basis, doesn't seem that far off. Perhaps in my life time (age 57) but most likely in my children's life time and certainly in my grand children's life time.

brief but intense! :)

Amazing! Congrats creating a new future... 3:40 for the countdown ;)

Fantastic!

2:05 "-296 degrees Celsius". So.. it's below the absolute zero temperature? :D The host guy said -270 degrees Celsius (~3 K) just before that though, which is probably the correct number EDIT: Ok I think this is a german translation issue. In german they would say "twohundred nine and sixty", and when he said it in english he kept the order so it became "Twohundred ninety and six"

@SargeRho

8 жыл бұрын

+DeJayHank Yeah, he misspoke. It's -269!C

@LueTm

8 жыл бұрын

+DeJayHank Hehe, yes. I guess he meant -269°C. In german you say 'two hundret-nine-and-sixty', which must have tripped him up.

@cfritschewiesel

8 жыл бұрын

+Sarge Rho yeah in german we say the numbers convered twohundret-nine-sixty, happens often :)

just think one of these will be powering a spaceship one day. going to the stars in a star powered space ship lol.

The accents are heavy, but it seems like they are doing a really good job :) So it worked on the first attempt. Just with helium and just at low energy, but after putting it all together, it worked.

@Drummist

8 жыл бұрын

+kurtilein3 I'm guessing as they are German is why their accents are heavy. We should be thankful they are speaking our language so more people can understand as us English speakers are very ignorant about learning other languages.

Fantastique mes amis!

No big deal just created a tiny bit of the SUN!!!!! Congratulations.

RESPECT

wow! just wow!

German Engineering has Done it again

@phaenomatiker3637

5 жыл бұрын

Yes but we should try to speak more English.. xD

Wonderful !! Good job ! What is the next step now, increasing the temperature of the helium plasma or change helium with hydrogen ?

The Future!

Just amazing! Congratulations, I've been following this for some time and I hope this is the beginning of the end of fossil fuel. Just wanted to throw something out there...there should only be 3 twists in the Torus...this forces the plasma to an external and then an internal path in an odd number of twists and thus stirring the plasma and increasing the threshold of optimal nuclear fusion. Should be easier to align the magnetic s so they pull against each other.....any feedback??

How do you maintain a million degrees without compromising the integrity of the structure the plasma is contained in.

Great accomplishment but I am a bit confused by "The first helium plasma" Don't the Tokamaks like JET produce helium plasma? Perhaps this is Wendelstein's first helium plasma and that's how it's to be read. All in all I am extremely happy to read about the success. Now onto the tricky part of maintaining and containing longer duration plasma.

@plasmaphysik

8 жыл бұрын

+Richard Rothery Jet is investigating hydrogen plasmas which Wendelstein 7-X will do next year.

@Waterwarp

8 жыл бұрын

+Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik I heard it's already going to be tested in January/February. I'm no expert, but if that's also a success, doesn't it do pretty much exactly what the nuclear fusion power plant is supposed to do? Which seems strange (but if true, awfully cool), because you keep reading about how that's going to be decades away.

@aleksandar5323

8 жыл бұрын

Please tell me , guys , what is the difference between hydrogen plasma and helium plasma? Isn't all plasma just a mashup of neutrons , protons and electrons? Or does the ratio of elementary particles define the plasma?

@xxwzaebd

8 жыл бұрын

+Richard Rothery True. Korea has achieved 100 million K 6 years ago. The leaders are China(EAST) and Korea(K-STAR).They have reached 200 and 50 seconds already,respectively.

Je voudrais dire que ce jour est un jour très important.

5 years later - what is next for Wendelstein please?

@plasmaphysik

3 жыл бұрын

see www.ipp.mpg.de/4828222/01_20

Yay.

wow!

YESSSSS!!!!!!!!

Why are helium plasmas significant, do they produce more energy per unit mass than hydrogen plasmas?

This thing is amazing. Do you hire chemical engineers? :D

Congratulations Germany! :D

truly amazing. one question; is it really true that its -296 celsius? because as far as i know the absolute zeropoint is -273,15 celsius or 0 kelvin

@SargeRho

8 жыл бұрын

+PrestigeFlow -269, not -296 :P

@azureorbit

8 жыл бұрын

+PrestigeFlow Translation error. You are exactly correct, -273,15 (-273.15 in the Imperial System) Celsius is 0 Kelvin. He meant to say "two-hundred nine and sixty", which means 269.

How did they take that picture at such temperature?

@SargeRho

8 жыл бұрын

+ILA With a camera, obviously. The interior of the stellarator is almost a vacuum, so the huge temperature isn't actually all that big of a deal.

2:09 Wow, -22.85 K... impressive :^)

how in the world that we can possible to reach minus kelvin degrees ?

can anyone explain to me what this means exactly?

@MVHiltunen

8 жыл бұрын

+ActivexRecon Wendelstein 7-X is a fusion reactor core of the "stellarator" type. Here they just confirmed the first succesful plasma injection and heat-up with helium. The real business will start next year and will be done with hydrogen instead, since hydrogen is the best fusion fuel candidate (with some specific isotopes). This is particularly interesting, because the stellarator-design is somewhat better suited to serious energy production than tokamak-type, which is the better known and more researched type. Stellarators by design are not altering current machines and should be able to sustain far longer fusion-burn events. Tokamaks must do a regular magnetic field reconfiguration and while this could in theory be made really fast, it will halt the fusion process. Stellarators however do not require this, and could in theory run for hours on end between cycles. Also plasma containment should be easier with stellarators. Their downside is that they are horrendously difficult to design and build, which should be evident if you look at some 3D models of the magnets.

Wow Germany bravo!!

yeees

@goodboy3481

7 жыл бұрын

now the flight begins

Did the guy at 2:08 ish just say that they cooled it to -296 C?

@SargeRho

8 жыл бұрын

+Jonathan Yep, and he misspoke, it's -269°C.

@azureorbit

8 жыл бұрын

+Jonathan two hundred nine and sixty, he meant to say.

Did I hear right that he said -296C? Isn't that physically impossible? Being as that is -23K.

@kevinliu4555

8 жыл бұрын

+edward stables It was a mistranslation from german as they would have said "two hundred and nine sixty".

At 2:06 he says -296C, but that's -22.85K. Anyone know the real temperature?

@IanMaddox

8 жыл бұрын

From their website, it's -269c or 4K. Pretty chilly!

@phaenomatiker3637

5 жыл бұрын

@@IanMaddox English is difficult for germans.. xD

ok I am noob here, so what can we do with this plasma ? what can we make of it ? I mean what would happen if we could use these for more than 1min ?

@MrWomojo

6 жыл бұрын

This machine can sustain controlled nuclear fusion. You might know nuclear fission from conventional nuclear power plants. This here is nuclear fusion, which produces enormousls high temperatures and has a much higher energy output. Nuclear fusion is the process that takes place in the sun. Nice side-effect: it only produces insignificant amounts of nuclear waste with low radiation. If this thing works and will be developed to a large scale it will be THE clean energy source.

@TechNed

6 жыл бұрын

You need to be able to prove you can achieve plasma producing temperatures before you "jack things up" (to over 100 million degrees) to produce fusion (force isotopes of hydrogen together, thereby releasing energy). I suppose it's akin to walking before you can run.

I wonder if Siemens had anything to do with this?

@MrWomojo

6 жыл бұрын

Parts of the control systems are made by Siemens. Most likely they also delivered parts of the high energy electronics. More important is that Siemens' medical division is trying to learn from the metallurgy achievements made in these developments to improve technologies for next generation diagnostic systems.

Can someone explain for a layman how something could be -296C?

@SargeRho

8 жыл бұрын

+reinux -269, not 96.

@azureorbit

8 жыл бұрын

+reinux he meant to say "negative two hundred nine and sixty", translating to "two hundred and sixty nine". On another note, you can have negative temperature because temperature is simply particles wanting to repel each other, and so bouncing away from each other, or even in the Bose-Einstein condensate, coming together as a sort-of wave. If we managed to make particles attract and so within the set of particles make the particles seem to have entropy in the backwards direction - which we HAVE done - then there would be negative kelvin temperatures. Of course, this seems to defy the laws of thermodynamics, but it does not, because the thing containing the system has to put in tremendous energy (we did it using lasers and magnetic fields). Long story short, negative Kelvin means heat travels from low heat to high heat (instead of normal high to low).

@reinux

8 жыл бұрын

Paul Ngo I never knew that. That's awesome. Thanks.

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Korea and China have already achieved much more .having recorded 50 and 200 seconds,respectively. Korea achieved 100 million Kelvin many years ago and will 300 million K/300 seconds in 2020. Also,Korea has 3 times more nuclear powerplants than Germany and has developed the SMART reactor technology and the U-Mo process which others failed to replicate but the US forced Korea to make that technology available on no-royalty basis.

@thomasmiller1439

7 жыл бұрын

+ 1 IMHO, China will build the first fusion power plant. In China a huge progress in fusion energy in recent years.

@ciprianokritzinger3636

6 жыл бұрын

xxwzaebd The Chinese fusion reactor was finished almost a decade ago. Certainly a great success. Will see what the W7-X can do in a few years. The W7-X can theoretically operate continously.

@MrWomojo

6 жыл бұрын

Nope, that's all wrong. This was just the initial test run in the video, of course. This is a Stellarator, which is expected to maintain much longer plasma times than Tokamaks. Plus Korea and China only built the far simpler Tokamak systems. They aren't even close to have something like this. The Wendelstein in this video belongs to the Max Planck institute. They also have built several Tokamak reactors (ASDEX) for decades. They even run ASDEX UPGRADE simultaneously in Garching. Also there has been another Tokamak demonstrator in Jülich, Germany (TEXTOR) since the '70s. But like I said, Tokamak is the much simpler technology. We're talking about the much more complex and advanced Stellarator here. And how is having a lot of nuclear power plants an achievement? Fission technology hasn't made any significant progress since the '80s. The only difference is today they usually add more redundant cooling circuits and have a ceramic core catcher underneath (about 500m $). One of the most advanced conventional fission systems worldwide, the EPR (also built under licence in China) is distinctly based on the German '80's "Konvoi" reactors. But as I said: nothing to be proud of. Even France will lower it's dependency of nuclear power in the future. Conventional nuclear power is viewed antiquated in science and is definitely no indicator of advanced technology.

We need to put one in a electric car, fast ;) Nice job indeed!

@jmitterii2

8 жыл бұрын

+Luís R (Junk bin technician) How it would likely work is that the electricity generated from a reactor like this would feed a grid system, the amount of electricity from the small amount of fuel (deuterium, helium 3, etc.) would produce a huge volume of energy making it cheap enough to use that electricity to produce hydrogen for a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. A fusion reactor model small enough for a car likely won't exist in the next 100 years or more, if ever. However it does produce immense amount of energy per volume of fuel, it's carbon neutral, and no radioactive waste products. Aviation fuel could also be produced using these power plants at cheaper than current fuel prices via electrolysis, rather than just splitting H2O into H2 and O, you would add carbon chains to the hydrogen to make a safer less volatile hydro-carbon chain, like jet fuel is today, only that it would be carbon neutral, and the same cost, most likely even cheaper because of the abundance of the fuel and the amount of energy from the fuel.

Is this cold fusion?

@plasmaphysik

8 жыл бұрын

+enticed2zeitgeist 1 million degrees is not cold ;)

@heckyes

8 жыл бұрын

So why is this a break through?

@azureorbit

8 жыл бұрын

+enticed2zeitgeist Not quite. We haven't really even made a working model, let alone a demonstration.

@andjpan

7 жыл бұрын

No, I don't think 1,000,000,000 degrees k is cold

@andjpan

7 жыл бұрын

+enticed2zeitgeist because this is a different possibly more viable way of performing nuclear fusion, and demonstrates new ways to manipulate plazma

If you can't speak english, please keep talking german and enable subtitles

@MrWomojo

6 жыл бұрын

You are seing THIS machine and the only thing than crosses your mind is the german accent? Really?

just think one of these will be powering a spaceship one day. going to the stars in a star powered space ship lol.