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by ohiovr
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:33 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Tokamak reactors could be practical with this one weird trick
Replies: 12
Views: 8003

Re: Tokamak reactors could be practical with this one weird trick

That and he hated his most successful invention.. The Television :mrgreen:
by ohiovr
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:31 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Tokamak reactors could be practical with this one weird trick
Replies: 12
Views: 8003

Re: Tokamak reactors could be practical with this one weird trick

I think the fact that some other fusion researcher thought of it first shows it's an idea that is (or was) worth trying out. I'd be interested in seeing what the actual experimental results were, and what the rationale was for not pursuing it further. There's a difference between "We already tried ...
by ohiovr
Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:16 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: The world's worst reactor idea: The OhioVR mantis reactor
Replies: 6
Views: 5430

Re: The world's worst reactor idea: The OhioVR mantis reactor

Zap balloons of deuterium gas? Tell me more...
by ohiovr
Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:36 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: The world's worst reactor idea: The OhioVR mantis reactor
Replies: 6
Views: 5430

Re: The world's worst reactor idea: The OhioVR mantis reactor

Sometime, when I find the time, I'll have to flesh out the elephant & deuterium balloon concept. I believe it was ChrisMB's concept initially, but since he didn't bother to do the math and engineering, it's up to someone else to pick up where he left off. Right now I'm weighing the costs and benefi...
by ohiovr
Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:10 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: The world's worst reactor idea: The OhioVR mantis reactor
Replies: 6
Views: 5430

The world's worst reactor idea: The OhioVR mantis reactor

Yet another fusion idea that will never work but it’s fun to think about.. We all know about sonofusion here as an idea that has been thoroughly discredited and all findings have gone totally no where and are unreproducible. But that doesn’t stop mad men (and lets face it, wanting to play with 200 m...
by ohiovr
Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:11 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Tokamak reactors could be practical with this one weird trick
Replies: 12
Views: 8003

Re: Tokamak reactors could be practical with this one weird trick

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by ohiovr
Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:41 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Tokamak reactors could be practical with this one weird trick
Replies: 12
Views: 8003

Tokamak reactors could be practical with this one weird trick

A tokamak reactor can only constrain plasma in 2 dimensions. Round and round the plasma goes. Every time a particle smashes into another the plasma expands. Keeping the over all magnetic fields around the plasma at a superlative strength allows for the plasma to move slowly toward the edges. But soo...
by ohiovr
Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:35 pm
Forum: News
Topic: making a plasma with jet of water
Replies: 0
Views: 13354

making a plasma with jet of water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vTq8oGpqwM& this was mentioned in a scientific paper and this fellow decided to replicate the results. He found he could create the plasma on most surfaces he tried even though the original researchers used something kind of exotic. Oil didn't have the plasma effect ...
by ohiovr
Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to terraform Venus and provide fast transportation through out the solar system with this one weird trick
Replies: 11
Views: 12224

Re: How to terraform Venus and provide fast transportation through out the solar system with this one weird trick

Well the transportation idea should work, its got over 1.78 jiggawatts per square meter of beam intersection
by ohiovr
Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to terraform Venus and provide fast transportation through out the solar system with this one weird trick
Replies: 11
Views: 12224

Re: How to terraform Venus and provide fast transportation through out the solar system with this one weird trick

JoeP wrote:Venus is too hard.

Floating cloud cities seem the most viable option. Still hard though with poisonous atmosphere.

Titan is much friendlier.
The intense ionizing radiation will convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and tons of buckyballs.. Too bad they are deadly when inhaled :mrgreen:
by ohiovr
Thu Mar 09, 2017 3:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to terraform Venus and provide fast transportation through out the solar system with this one weird trick
Replies: 11
Views: 12224

Re: How to terraform Venus and provide fast transportation through out the solar system with this one weird trick

Fixing the atmosphere of Venus is the easy part. That chunk of rock has a day longer than its year. This could be even worse than being tidally locked to always have on side facing the Sun. In that condition, at least there could be a narrow habitable band at the terminator, between a side constant...
by ohiovr
Tue Mar 07, 2017 7:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to terraform Venus and provide fast transportation through out the solar system with this one weird trick
Replies: 11
Views: 12224

How to terraform Venus and provide fast transportation through out the solar system with this one weird trick

The main limitation for the use of Dyson-Harrop satellites: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19497-out-of-this-world-proposal-for-solar-wind-power/ http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2010/ph240/sokolowsky2/ for the generation of electrical energy has been transporting it and converting it to ci...
by ohiovr
Mon Mar 06, 2017 3:30 pm
Forum: Design
Topic: X-Ray Reflection and Absorption
Replies: 5
Views: 16033

Re: X-Ray Reflection and Absorption

It is a toughie, I thought of the same thing just recently. Even if you could bend the Xrays back in on itself, you would probably lose too much energy from losses at the reflectors. To make matters worse, the X-rays would probably pass right through the ignited gas or plasma.