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There is no energy harvesting system yet, next prototype will be include that. I like their "fast" (relatively speaking, of course) prototyping process.
by albertopv 4y ago
There is no energy harvesting system yet, next prototype will be include that. I like their "fast" (relatively speaking, of course) prototyping process.
- hoseja 4y agoWhy not do a major announcement with the working prototype though, is what's ringing the alarm bells for me. Yeah sure they can promise the next prototype will do the magic thing but why not wait for that.
- zmgsabst 4y agoThis one already does reliable aneutronic fusion using an unusual method. Why not announce that?
- hoseja 4y agoBecause you can do reliable aneutronic fusion using usual methods? This seems explicitly commercial, therefore it needs to show value, which is in power generation, not making interesting gadgets.
- zmgsabst 4y agoCan you with any reliability and efficiency? As I understood it, reliably igniting aneutronic fusion efficiently was an open research problem. Whereas, they can consistently get to aneutronic burning plasmas. I’d love to read more about that.
- hinkley 4y agoI think doing an episode of Real Engineering counts, personally: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38 https://youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38
- hinkley 4y agoHe says in the video that they miscalculated a bit of physics regarding angular momentum and the Trenta design I suspect suffers from erosion of the throat (and power loss) because of that. The new gen is 25% bigger to avoid contact between the plasma and the walls.