Reply To: p-Li7 fusion

[Brian H]

Aeronaut wrote:

Even if I had read BBNH, I wouldn’t be able to follow most of it.

Two things we don’t want to do with FF is interrupt electrical or magnetic flows. Those are the machine.

Why wouldn’t you be able to follow most of it?

Anyway the principle of focus fusion is to start a big current flowing, which gives rise to a magnetic field, then cut off the current, which causes a collapse in the magnetic field, which causes the pinching effect which creates the fusion. The whole thing is pulsed, isn’t it?

Maybe my understanding is completely wrong — sorry!

-Dave

I seem to be one of the few around here without formal physics and higher math training, lol.

Yes, Eric’s estimating 330 pulses per second to produce 5MW of net electric energy. (Don’t tell Brian I told you this, but that should also produce ~17 MBTU/hr of “waste” heat available where co-generation is desirable). …..
But of course it’s never desirable because the co-generation equipment would cost way more than just adding another FF generator or two to make the heat from the current directly. With resistance coils. Also called hotplates. See your electric range and oven for examples. 😛