Search found 993 matches

by rcain
Sat Jul 05, 2008 2:27 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Making Electricity with the p-B Polywell
Replies: 134
Views: 68858

Re: Summing it up - to date

I count three other threads in addition to this one on this particular issue: 1. Where do the electons go? 2. Energy extraction alternative and -the hot one right now- 3. Electron recirculation. Each of them has some pretty good stuff, and of course there's a huge amount of overlap. I tried to extr...
by rcain
Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:16 am
Forum: Design
Topic: Alpha collector geometry idea...
Replies: 42
Views: 32719

you mean a bit like a sort of graduated anechoic chamber - an absorption filter if you will? i was thinking of similar sorts of arrangements a while back to mitigate collisions with the grid coils - studying some of the models at http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html and seeing how charged particl...
by rcain
Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:59 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: from confinement to ignition to (continuous?) burn
Replies: 11
Views: 7796

from confinement to ignition to (continuous?) burn

on transitioning from confinement to ignition to (continuous?) burn: can anyone explain to me, what the current plan is to achieve 'ignition' and 'sustained' fusion in the WB, and what happens to our containment model once these states obtain? Just as some background, Ive been reading through 'Aneut...
by rcain
Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:47 am
Forum: News
Topic: Roger Fox's 01 July 008 KOS Diary
Replies: 10
Views: 7160

Wow, 122 comments. Go Roger! Thank you sir. I also had 32 recs for the dairy, thats good for me. but not good enough for the reccommended page. Not a lot of diaries were being published that evening, so my diary stayed on the front page for a while, giving the diary a better chance to collect comme...
by rcain
Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:50 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Coupled Oscillators and HT Superconductors
Replies: 1
Views: 2459

Re: Coupled Oscillators and HT Superconductors

* http://novelsc.blogspot.com/2007/08/doug-scalapino-ucsb-is-there-pairing.html * The best part is in the comments I didn't understand a word of Scalapino's first part until I read the comments from Macksb; then all of a sudden, it seemed so simple (ish)... I wonder who's right. Found the reference...
by rcain
Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:05 am
Forum: Awareness
Topic: Wiffleballs on Mars
Replies: 1
Views: 4497

Wiffleballs on Mars

Just found these guys keeping up with the programme also....

http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic ... 5&start=20

...think WB-X might be their only real chance of getting there ;)
by rcain
Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:16 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Why is polywell supposed to be better than cusp confinement?
Replies: 74
Views: 52632

(Nice Plasma pics from WB7 by the way. Any neutrons yet?) I think we should stay away from asking Dr. Nebel about specific results that he would be reluctant or unable to talk about. We should respect the fact that he can't answer. The only thing asking will potentially do is make him nervous about...
by rcain
Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:53 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Carlson and Nebel
Replies: 108
Views: 79892

Running a tokomak in IEC mode (magnet confinement of electrons, electric confinement of ions) would be an interesting experiment. No cusps for electron leakage, but magnetic contours less favorable to stability. erm, how about the other way around - tok in a wiffleball - a spinning plasma (or perha...
by rcain
Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:09 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Why is polywell supposed to be better than cusp confinement?
Replies: 74
Views: 52632

rcain The Wiffle-ball was demonstrated on the WB-2 over 10 years ago. It's not so much that wiffle-ball confinement is so great but that mirror confinement in a cusp is so awful. Dr Nebel. Thank you very much. Please excuse my lack of knowledge there. I'm doing my best to catch up :) (Nice Plasma p...
by rcain
Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:04 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Why is polywell supposed to be better than cusp confinement?
Replies: 74
Views: 52632

To pstudier: On the other hand, worrying to hear Indrek has turned septic, what has turned him do you suppose? (Maybe we should ask him). http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IEC_Fusion/message/1407 hmm, thanks for that ... to quote from Indrek then: ... There is little evidence for this kind of virt...
by rcain
Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:16 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Why is polywell supposed to be better than cusp confinement?
Replies: 74
Views: 52632

Art: ... The data shows that the Polywell is clearly in the wiffleball mode. Rick Nebel Wow! you mean WB mode works already? I didn't realize it was out of the modelling stage. Sounds really positive. To pstudier: On the other hand, worrying to hear Indrek has turned septic, what has turned him do ...
by rcain
Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:50 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: Shipping
Replies: 56
Views: 46966

So you're imagining a balloon shaped something like a pizza wedge? Rather than having two, why not shape this wedge like a lifting body, with small control surfaces for manuevering. I wasn't thinking of something in the shape of a zepplin, I was thinking of something more akin to the Aeroscraft . I...
by rcain
Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:32 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Carlson and Nebel
Replies: 108
Views: 79892

Hi Indrek Love your page http://www.mare.ee/indrek/ephi/ and the stuff on it. I've seen some of these images already you posted on this forum, but its nice to see them all together. One suggestion, if I may, could you add some further explanations around them, particularly, placing them in context w...
by rcain
Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:44 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: Shipping
Replies: 56
Views: 46966

If you are looking for speed, I think airships are entirely the wrong thing to start with; what they are more likely useful for is for slower moving (bulk) cargo transportation; slightly faster than boats, and they can reach landlocked areas. An efficiency oriented (hybrid) idea I have been tinkerin...
by rcain
Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:40 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: Shipping
Replies: 56
Views: 46966

Re: The Akron, the Macon, the ... Bussard?

If Polywell's are net Helium consumers, we're in trouble. If they are net producers, let me think: copious helium, vast amounts of heat, fuel is negligible - imagine 100 MPH superdirigibles cruising the stratosphere. p-B11 Polywells are net producers, each mole of boron used as fuel creates 3 moles...