Direct Conversion

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:52 pm

http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/01/23/s ... gine-could

http://youtu.be/gY9J9-IxqZQ

Fumio Ohuchi, professor and associate chair of material science and engineering, and John Slough, associate research professor and director of research at MSNW, are part of the team working at the UW and the MSNW fusion lab in Redmond, Wash., building what they call a fusion engine — with a design different from a typical fusion reactor.

Skipjack · Post by **Skipjack** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:08 pm

Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Wished the music in the video was not so loud. It is hard to understand what people are saying.

zapkitty · Post by **zapkitty** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:03 pm

Skipjack wrote:Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Wished the music in the video was not so loud. It is hard to understand what people are saying.

AFAICT it's Slough's Helion, just not reported well.

Slough's concepts are supposed to use some of the fusion products for direct conversion but the basis is still neutronic fusion and still requires steam turbines for a power station version.

Corrections?

Skipjack · Post by **Skipjack** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:48 pm

zapkitty wrote:
Skipjack wrote:Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Wished the music in the video was not so loud. It is hard to understand what people are saying.
AFAICT it's Slough's Helion, just not reported well.

Yes, that is what Slough is doing. Still I havent heard much news about his fusion engine lately. So I am glad to hear that he is still working on it.
They are also working on a project for NASA with NIAC2 funding (imploding plasma liner). Both concepts involve FRCs, so there is probably some overlap.