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> "the need for a steam turbine" Where's the steam turbine in the following fusion approach? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus https://en.wikip
by ZenoArrow 9y ago
> "the need for a steam turbine"
Where's the steam turbine in the following fusion approach?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus
https://lppfusion.com/fusion-power/dpf-device/ https://lppfusion.com/fusion-power/dpf-device/
- DennisP 9y agoExactly, that one's aneutronic.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoIt can use both D-T and pB11. The majority of tests to date have been with D-T. It's best not to confuse the reactor design with the target fuel.
- DennisP 9y agoActually pure deuterium in the tests so far. But the design explicitly targets boron fusion. If it were adapted to D-T, then it would in fact need a steam turbine. The great thing about pB11 is that most of the energy output is fast-moving charged particles, and that's not true of D-T.