break wrote: And the other two are…?
1) Several MW of waste heat
2) Very high efficiency of Ion Beam energy conversion. Roughly 80%
3) Energy extraction from X-rays using the photoelectric effect. The science is WELL known, but I don’t think engineers ever had reason to build such a thing. X-rays are usually produced from other power sources because X-rays are desirable. This, I believe, would be the first device that is the other way around. LPP wants greater than 80% efficiency with this as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSYOIayQ7bI
@ 4:02
