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But the fuel needs extremely high ion energy—temperature—to burn. That’s the killer caveat.
by QAPereo 9y ago
But the fuel needs extremely high ion energy—temperature—to burn.
That’s the killer caveat.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoThe line that follows indicates why this may no longer be a problem (for the FF-1 at least): "The new results demonstrate that FF-1 has achieved the energies needed to burn pB11 fuel."
- QAPereo 9y agoWorse, they require temperatures/pressures far in excess of what's realistic any time soon, except possibly for very brief bursts in the lab.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoAre you familiar with the dense plasma focus approach to fusion (which is what the device I linked to is using)? It's built around brief bursts of plasma. Maintenance of a stable plasma is not required.