Reply To: Mind, Spirit, Science connection?

[Brian H]

rashidas wrote: Waste Heat Recovery: Has the issue of waste heat been addressed adequately in the design of a working aneutronic reactor? So much energy being produced in a very small space will make waste heat a significant issue so I believe this question should be addressed now. There are many potential uses for this heat, including food processing, space heating, horticulture and aquaculture as examples.

Lots of discussion, but the basic problem is just dumping it fast enough. Low-grade uses might be economic, but any significant equipment expenditure to “exploit” the heat immediately runs up against competition with just using ultra-cheap electricity from the FF to do the same thing.

Perhaps warm air pumped/fed to local buildings (local space heating) etc. might pay, but anything much more elaborate is iffy. Horticulture and aquaculture are possibilities. But remember, if they can use electricity at ¼-½¢/kwh more economically direct from an FF generator, that’s what they will and should do.