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Could the part of the plasma be diverted into heat exchanger and back into the stream somehow ? I guess problem there would be having one that doesn't just melt
by xani_ 4y ago
Could the part of the plasma be diverted into heat exchanger and back into the stream somehow ? I guess problem there would be having one that doesn't just melt away. Maybe shoving water into it so it flash-evaporate and we're back to the ye olde steam?
- pfdietz 4y agoDoesn't help much in DT fusion, since 80% of the produced energy immediately leaves the plasma in neutrons. For non-DT fusion, there are alternatives, which is why I was explicitly saying "DT" in the critical comments. This is also why I consider Helion's the least dubious fusion effort out there today.