The laboratories
Each laboratory focuses on one part of the problem. Change an input and the results, charts and 3D scene update immediately — every number is calculated live from the values on screen.
FusionSim
Calculates how fast proton–boron-11 fusion proceeds in a hot plasma, directly from published cross-section data. Reports reactivity, reaction rate and fusion power, compares them with radiation and transport losses, and sweeps any parameter to show where the balance improves.
- Rate model
- ⟨σv⟩ Maxwellian
- Nuclear data
- Sikora–Weller
- Losses
- Bremsstrahlung
Isotope Fusion Explorer
Explores the energy balance of nine fusion reactions using precise AME2020 atomic masses: energy release, reaction thresholds and how the energy is shared between the products. A relativistic event generator follows p + ¹¹B through to its three alpha particles, conserving energy and momentum in every event.
- Kinematics
- Relativistic
- Reactions
- 9 channels
- Frames
- Lab and CM
Virtual Reactor Lab
A detailed 3D reactor hall with 33 identified components around a magnetic-mirror device. Calculates the confining field, which particles stay trapped, their orbits and bounce times, and the stored plasma energy. Cutaway, X-ray and exploded views reveal every component.
- Field
- Magnetic mirror
- Components
- 33
- Views
- Cutaway · X-ray
Torus Lab
A full-screen observatory for toroidal magnetic confinement. Calculates the magnetic fields, stability and pressure limits, density limits and alpha-particle orbits, with guided tours, sensor views, camera paths and timeline playback.
- Fields
- Bφ + Bθ
- Limits
- q · β · density
- Equilibrium
- Grad–Shafranov
AlphaTrack
Analyses images from particle-track detectors. Automatically finds and measures each track — size, position and shape — and counts them with statistically correct confidence intervals. Images are processed on your own computer and are never uploaded.
- Detection
- Automatic or manual
- Statistics
- Exact intervals
- Export
- JSON · CSV · PNG
DirectConvert
Models how the energy of fast alpha particles could be recovered directly as electricity with electrostatic collectors. Two complementary models — a staged collector with exact energy accounting and an established theoretical efficiency limit — show how much energy is recovered and where the rest goes.
- Accounting
- Exact energy balance
- Theory
- Rax–Kolmes–Fisch
- Collectors
- Multi-stage
Reactor 3D
Brings the pieces together: fusion source, magnetic configuration, alpha-particle paths, collectors and plant boundary in one interactive 3D workbench. Particle orbits are integrated with a relativistic method and every assumption that links the subsystems is recorded with the run.
- Orbits
- Relativistic Boris
- Geometries
- Mirror and torus
- Scope
- Source to collector
Built for rigorous research
All seven laboratories share the same calculation engine, the same scientific datasets and the same record format, so a value calculated in one laboratory means the same thing in every other.
- Published scientific data Reaction rates use the Sikora–Weller cross-section evaluation, energies use the AME2020 atomic mass evaluation, and reference rates follow Bosch–Hale. Every result can be traced back to the data it was calculated from.
- Transparent methods Each laboratory documents the equations it solves, the range in which its model applies and what it leaves out. Values outside that range stay visible and are clearly marked.
- Benchmarked calculations The numerical methods are checked against exact solutions, published reference values and separately written reference code. The case study shows one of these comparisons in full.
- Interactive 3D visualisation Every laboratory shows its results in three dimensions, with guided camera views and timeline playback. A built-in fallback renderer keeps the scenes working on computers without graphics acceleration.
- Reproducible experiments Save any run as a file and reopen it later or in another laboratory. Fixed random seeds reproduce the same results every time, and exports include the inputs, units and data sources alongside the numbers.
- Private by design No account, no installation and no tracking. All calculations run on your own computer, and your data never leaves it.
Method reference
Equations, data and model scope
One reference for the science behind all seven laboratories: the reaction-rate calculation, reaction kinematics, magnetic field models, image analysis and energy-recovery models, with the data sources and valid range of each.
Case study
Verifying the equilibrium solver
A worked example of how the software is checked: the browser-based plasma equilibrium solver compared point by point with a separately written reference code, with the measured accuracy and the steps to reproduce every figure.
Partnership and funding
Help take this research to the laboratory
HBF Network is seeking university, research-institute, industry and funding partners for a 24-month research programme on direct conversion of charged-particle energy into electricity. The proposed first milestone is a non-fusion experimental demonstrator, to be carried out under university supervision and built on the models presented here.
Hardip Bhesaniya · info@hbfnetwork.de