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jamesr
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vansig wrote:

The trick will be arranging that power circuitry to deliver the constant 50/60Hz 3phase output, as the pulse rate goes up and down to match power demand from the local/national grid.

that’s just about like keeping a flywheel at constant speed

The simple solutions are the best….

I’m at Culham (the site of the JET & MAST tokamaks) at the moment – they have a couple of huge flywheels. Although theirs are used to give a pulse of output rather than constant supply.