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- Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:20 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Energy conversion...
- Replies: 45
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Ahh.... I knew I was dealing with a basic confusion on my end. I was treating the He energy as a separate value from the referenced Alpha energy. For some reason I kept thinking of an Alpha as ONLY two protons... (because of the charge) Is the Bremsstralung radiation production reduced because the e...
- Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:12 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Energy conversion...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16235
D-D fusion isn't what I was thinking of. Boron 11 was. Bremsstrahlung and Alpha radiation, as well as the 4He+ 8.7 MeV seem to be there for the taking. I'm coming up to speed slowly on the math, and reading Tesla's old stuff on Bremsstrahlung. I'm tripping over basics here, and I'll apologize ahead ...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:36 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Rebel Engineers Talk To NASA
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12293
From badAndy: Exactly. And let me remind everybody that the simplest "space assembly" is automated docking of self-capturing assemblies, and goddam, we've known how to do that for years. There is a mass penalty for this, it isn't that large. Only in the situation where the structural/mass penalties...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:11 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Energy conversion...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16235
I think we can come up with some better ways use He at high energy than boiling water. What % of output are we dealing with? I apologize for my inability to find a good formula, or come up with one of my own. How much energy is left in the He product, and how much will be produced as each other form...
- Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:41 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Energy conversion...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16235
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:43 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Energy conversion...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16235
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:13 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Energy conversion...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16235
Energy conversion...
This might not be "bleeding edge" enough for this crowd, but I haven't noticed this on the board.
http://www.askmar.com/Fusion_files/Venetian%20Blind.pdf
It's from Livermore, so you may already have it...
http://www.askmar.com/Fusion_files/Venetian%20Blind.pdf
It's from Livermore, so you may already have it...
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:47 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: a123/technology
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3815
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:28 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Rebel Engineers Talk To NASA
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12293
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:12 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: ITER Gets Clipped
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1483
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Rebel Engineers Talk To NASA
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12293
Skylon's engine cut away may be pretty enough for investors, and inaccurate enough for potential competitors. Just a thought here. I think they may have solved the cooling issues by more than just a more efficient exchanger. I think they may have also found a better method of managing their cryogeni...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:45 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Rebel Engineers Talk To NASA
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12293
If Skylon has the heat exchanger issues dealt with, Why should they be 10 years out? The airframe is simple. If they have the engine, we can blow the dust off the X-30 wind tunnel data, and tell Lockheed to fire up the CNC mill. The shape and engine positioning design they show is silly. You want as...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:32 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Rebel Engineers Talk To NASA
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12293
Gentlemen, I think it may be a moot point if they have the heat exchanger issues fixed with their engine design...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H7BeyQOnPk
http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/skylon_overview.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H7BeyQOnPk
http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/skylon_overview.html
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:34 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: So how much things are "improving" in the muslim w
- Replies: 218
- Views: 77148
"The trouble is you can only destroy Mecca once." . Wrong. (sort of) We still have Medina, the Dome of the Rock, and hundreds of minor targets. I'm not saying it's the best option, but escalation is quite possible. The afore mentioned polywells do offer a very nasty possibility. One craft, nearly u...
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:55 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: So how much things are "improving" in the muslim w
- Replies: 218
- Views: 77148