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Interesting to get some fusion nerd specs on the Trenta machine: 10 MJ stored energy, ~100us shot duration, merged plasma temperature ~ 1keV (pre-compression),
by lambdatronics 4y ago
Interesting to get some fusion nerd specs on the Trenta machine: 10 MJ stored energy, ~100us shot duration, merged plasma temperature ~ 1keV (pre-compression), 10 minute shot cycle, multiple MA coils in the compression region. If the illustration is correct, the compression coils are extremely thick. That's probably necessary to (1) withstand the magnetic pressure from the 10-20 T magnetic fields they claim to create (that would be about 400-1600 bar) (2) reduce resistive losses to enable the ~95% energy recovery they claim.