Tulse wrote: So is the scaling of individual units primarily limited by heat? I presume there must be some limits beyond that relating to the plasmoid formation and/or other basic aspects of DPF.
First we need to remove excess heat. The higher the trigger pulse rate, the more electrical and thermal power generated. Next comes producing commercial amounts of electric energy. Beyond that come school/labs, theoreticians, and perhaps a somewhat larger version.
But in a multi-fusion world, FF will favor isolated and/ or stand-alone power plants which may or may not be grid-connected. Polywell favors centralized power generation, and boy are they going to have some cooling challenges! Anybody recall their target MWe and MWt figures?
