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Direct Conversion

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:52 pm
by MSimon
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.

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:08 pm
by Skipjack
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Wished the music in the video was not so loud. It is hard to understand what people are saying.

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:03 pm
by zapkitty
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?

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:48 pm
by Skipjack
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.