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If I'm interpreting this correctly, each liner is a one-use consumable and all of the power it can generate comes out in one big burst. How does long-term power
by zrail 14y ago
If I'm interpreting this correctly, each liner is a one-use consumable and all of the power it can generate comes out in one big burst. How does long-term power generation work in that scenario? Is there a big feed tube that drops liners into a chamber, fuse them, then dump them out the bottom?
- jff 14y agoI think the idea is closer to shooting the liners into the chamber, but essentially yes. I saw a video at one point (don't have it handy) that one of the labs put together, illustrating a conceptual plant based on current work, in which fuel pellets were fired into the fusion chamber one after another.
- Retric 14y agoThink internal combustion engine. Lot's of detonations fast enough + Flywheel (or in this case large heat sink) = steady power. As to cost 1GW of electricity is worth ~50,000$ an hour so there is room for a fair amount of consumables.