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[–] 116 points 9 months ago (15 children)

One of the fusion startups says they can use the plasma B field directly. Basically making the plasma the rotor in an electric generator to induce current in a wire.

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  • [+] 56 points 9 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 44 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    It seems promising, they're acting like they're close. They've been promising concrete deliverables, I think they're supposed to have a working model that can actually capture the energy next year

    You never know, but they're called Triton if you want to check them out. They don't share progress often, but when they do it seems pretty candid about their progress

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It's boiling water all the way down.

    Seriously though, it's over 100,000,000° so probably not.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    First, fusion has 0 theoretical economic potential, but there is some potential for energy gains from 2250^^ + steam. Water deconstructs above this temperature into powerful HHO gas, that when ignited gains another 2500^^ that will chain react with higher pressure steam to make the steam even hotter/higher pressure. Minor problem of melting all known turbine material, is avoidable through just higher volume of pressured steam.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    The one im aware of uses deuterium, aka hydrogen2, to generate helium 3. One of the byproducts being tritium, aka hydrogen3. This means there's potential for 2 deuteriums to mix with an oxygen molecule,this creating ²H2O, aka heavy water.

    I'm neither a chemist, nor physicist. So someone could probably prove me wrong at the drop of a hat, but Im calling it close enough.:p

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Which one? My first impression is that ignoring all the energy in neutrons should be pretty inefficient

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