Reply To: Focus fusion and transportation

[Aeronaut]

Rematog wrote: Aeronaut,

Small nit to pick. Megawatts are a unit of power, which is a rate (like velocity), for 13 MW-hr is a measure of energy (like distance) and 13 MW/hr is a rate of change (like acceleration). Steam power plants have load change limits, typically around 5 MW/min change in output.

Yes, cheap electric power would be a god-send to the primary metals industry. Electro refinining, such as for copper, and as a sorce of heat for casting plants, etc.

Also, waste could be reduce using a plama arc furnace, turning it into fully oxidized gases and glass slag. So, so many things become possible and/or cheap if the power is cheap….

FF would be the next best thing to “Friendly Aliens” providing us with high tech……remember “To Serve Man”….(Twilight Zone episode, google it.)

I think I follow, Rematog. I included the timeframe as a rate of production for loading guesstimates so I don’t get greedy and think of that as power/second :shut:

When I was reviewing the block diagram this morning I got to wondering if we really want much of an output cap bank, since it sets us up in a DC only frame of reference when we can easily divide a 360hz trigger stream into (6) 60hz output pulse streams that would drive transformers, coils, etc.

Maybe 1 or 3 channels are dedicated to powering the next cycle, and the rest can be whatever each application’s loads require. IOW we can have our cake and eat it, too.