I think there is a high chance China would have it fusion plants before the US, and the American won't bother to steal the patents, as they are too lazy to build one.:)
I think you got something mixed-up, Plasma Focus or Focus Fusion as Eric Lerner put it, doesn't seem to involve wires.
You might want to clarify on this.
Why not? Case in point, refer to the UNU-ICTP Plasma Focus Facility of which many 3rd world countries are posesing right now. Other than the high voltage 33 microfarad capacitor which is purchased from Maxwell/General Atomics, the rest of the stuff are dirt cheap.
Neutron yield is said to be around 10^8, a significant figure.
why the obsession with the fusor?
many countries in europe and asia are pounding in their resources in 'plasma focus' to obtain fusion reaction, may even be looking at break-even, and here we are still talking about hobbyist fusor. no one seem to take Eric Lerner seriously, strange though.
Why is thermonuclear self-burning so important, as we know, in pulsed fusion we may never get thermonuclear, wouldn't that it will be more realistics to see it in the way of net energy gain, that is total energy derived from the plasma minus the total energy we put in?
I am sure there are ways to stabilise the PF plasma, if enough efforts is put in, similar to the case of tokamak.
I understand that somewhere in Russia they are building, or perhap built already, a very large PF device.
Nothing seem to be exciting back in US.
It is really interesting to know that someone is willing to buy in to Lerner's plan. The rest of plasma physics community world are going to be thrilled by this development.
Lately, exciting news concerning discharge based plasma technology are coming rapidly. At Sandia, the refurbised Z machine is up and running, Sandia is teaming up with the Russian to develop some next generation pulse generator using LTD technologies. The Plasma Focus guys in Warsaw are busy in some ICTP Trieste's initiatives on Plasma Focus, even in Singapore and Malaysia, there is a computational symposium on Plasma Focus being held. Not forgetting the Chillean group and also some remnants research groups scattered all over Europe.
Definitely, things are not going to be the same. It is also feel good to know that people are looking for alternatives other than the gigantic ITER.
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Alternative (not ITER-like) Nuclear Fusion technologies are mushrooming all over the world. We are one step further for fusion energy.
I think there is a high chance China would have it fusion plants before the US, and the American won't bother to steal the patents, as they are too lazy to build one. :)
I think you got something mixed-up, Plasma Focus or Focus Fusion as Eric Lerner put it, doesn't seem to involve wires. You might want to clarify on this.
Why not? Case in point, refer to the UNU-ICTP Plasma Focus Facility of which many 3rd world countries are posesing right now. Other than the high voltage 33 microfarad capacitor which is purchased from Maxwell/General Atomics, the rest of the stuff are dirt cheap. Neutron yield is said to be around 10^8, a significant figure.
why the obsession with the fusor? many countries in europe and asia are pounding in their resources in 'plasma focus' to obtain fusion reaction, may even be looking at break-even, and here we are still talking about hobbyist fusor. no one seem to take Eric Lerner seriously, strange though.
Why is thermonuclear self-burning so important, as we know, in pulsed fusion we may never get thermonuclear, wouldn't that it will be more realistics to see it in the way of net energy gain, that is total energy derived from the plasma minus the total energy we put in?
I am sure there are ways to stabilise the PF plasma, if enough efforts is put in, similar to the case of tokamak. I understand that somewhere in Russia they are building, or perhap built already, a very large PF device. Nothing seem to be exciting back in US.
It is really interesting to know that someone is willing to buy in to Lerner's plan. The rest of plasma physics community world are going to be thrilled by this development. Lately, exciting news concerning discharge based plasma technology are coming rapidly. At Sandia, the refurbised Z machine is up and running, Sandia is teaming up with the Russian to develop some next generation pulse generator using LTD technologies. The Plasma Focus guys in Warsaw are busy in some ICTP Trieste's initiatives on Plasma Focus, even in Singapore and Malaysia, there is a computational symposium on Plasma Focus being held. Not forgetting the Chillean group and also some remnants research groups scattered all over Europe. Definitely, things are not going to be the same. It is also feel good to know that people are looking for alternatives other than the gigantic ITER.
Will Neomalkin cares to share with us, why is that Plasma Focus is not going to make it in fusion power generation? Really eager to find out.