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I just got my January Popular Science magazine in the mail. It contains an article about a couple of Canadians who have a nuclear fusion candidate device.
It seems to work (or rather not work) by mechanically generating a shock-wave which is focused in a central area to create ignition.
Will it work?
Well, I guess it depends what you mean by that. The hard part with this scheme is going to be how to extract the energy efficiently and economically in order to power the next cycle. Even if they do achieve fusion they are still going to have to go through a typical Rankine steam cycle to generate electricity. Then Mr Carnot is going to have something to say about the conversion efficiency’s
They presented no measurable results (data) which indicate they are making substantial progress in spite of having multimillion dollars in funding.
Interestingly, they mentioned TriAlpha’s attempts in the article but completely omitted any mention of Mr Lerner and his work.
The time line which they presented to achieve break even is 10 years.