technical hurdle cleared in fusion research

Visage · 22 May 2006 at 09:45

Jono said:
What's that hot?

Temperature is merely related to energy denisty, so you just keep pumping energy in until you reach a temperature high enough.

iSam · 22 May 2006 at 09:48

Wow, it looks impressive, that Core looks like something out of Star Trek. Im sure fusion will solve our energy problems.

Visage · 22 May 2006 at 09:49

Isotope said:
Wow, it looks impressive, that Core looks like something out of Star Trek. Im sure fusion will solve our energy problems.

Not at all. Unlimited cheap energy will cause as many problems as it solves....

PhilthyPhil · 22 May 2006 at 09:57

I doubt we will ever have unlimited cheap energy though, they though fission would provide this, but clearly it hasn't.

Messiah Khan · 22 May 2006 at 10:23

Jono said:
What's that hot?

They kickstart the reaction with a huge laser AFAIK. I have been following the development of the new French TOKAMAK reactor quite closely, and this is good news. If we do get nuclear fusion plants to work it will mean loads of cheap energy, with very little environmental impact. Can't say the oil companies will be very happy though.

Docaroo · 22 May 2006 at 12:16

Remember that heat is simply energy...

All you need to do is transfer a WHOLE lot of energy to the atoms to heat them to those insane temperatures... not quite like heating stuff in a furnace, etc.... simple energy transfer

callmeBadger · 22 May 2006 at 12:17

Amp34 said:
....Wont they be using a lot of energy extracting the hydrogen from water though?

Isn't Deuterium also known as Heavy Water? something like 10% heavier than normal water? can't it be distilled or even seperated with a centrafuge? (spelling?). IIRC it makes up about 0.01% of water in the sea.

I'm sure someone will google it soon enough, but are we not sending this through our Sargate already? I'm sure Sam and Daniel arranged some sort of deal in the second or thrid series.

William · 22 May 2006 at 12:27

Hmmmm....

S@njay · 22 May 2006 at 12:31

leaskovski said:
Heh, where have we heard this one before then?

Spiderman right :confused:

rayer · 22 May 2006 at 12:36

Does this mean that using fusion, the PSP will have a longer battery life

Fusion · 22 May 2006 at 12:43

The torus is essentially a one turn secondary coil of a giant transformer. A current on the order of around a million ampere passes through the plasma, providing most of the heating. It's then irridated with radio waves, providing it with more energy.

Deleted member 651465 · 22 May 2006 at 12:44

William said:
Hmmmm....

Lol!

You need tie-fighters to complete it now

geeza · 22 May 2006 at 12:47

sounds like the doom 3 story to me. hydro carbons and all that

Fezzer · 22 May 2006 at 12:49

rayer said:
Does this mean that using fusion, the PSP will have a longer battery life

Yeah, much longer. You'll just have to wear some industrial oven gloves to play it though

Docaroo · 28 May 2006 at 00:10

callmeBadger said:
Isn't Deuterium also known as Heavy Water? something like 10% heavier than normal water? can't it be distilled or even seperated with a centrafuge? (spelling?). IIRC it makes up about 0.01% of water in the sea.

I'm sure someone will google it soon enough, but are we not sending this through our Sargate already? I'm sure Sam and Daniel arranged some sort of deal in the second or thrid series.

Deuterium (Deuterium Oxide) is indeed knonw as Heavy Water because it is water... 2H2O or D2O.

The difference is the the Hydrogens which are a heavier isotope than in regular water (the Deuterium Hydrogen Isotope). Instead of only having a proton (and no neutrons), the Deuterium nucleus has 1 proton AND 1 neutron which alters it's properties - one of them being the Heavy water is around 10% more dense than normal water

yer_averagejoe · 28 May 2006 at 00:16

That core is huge. Theres a picture with a guy standing in it somewhere..

Mic · 28 May 2006 at 00:19

William said:
Hmmmm....

You stole my idea you ******
Post 12 ****

fini · 28 May 2006 at 00:35

whenever I think about fusion reactions I can't help, but think that before a decent solution is invented the oil giants will stomp all over it - they have trillions to lose.

fini

DRZ · 28 May 2006 at 01:14

fini said:
whenever I think about fusion reactions I can't help, but think that before a decent solution is invented the oil giants will stomp all over it - they have trillions to lose.

fini

The oil wont be there forever though, will it? I think they just might be taking the fact that without expansion into 'future-proof' energy they are all going to die off.

They arent stamping on wind / solar power etc now, its just simply not good enough to replace fossil fuels!

Zacko · 28 May 2006 at 01:29

PikeyPriest said:

Agreed, burn your toast a bit eh?

technical hurdle cleared in fusion research

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