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by mvanwink5
Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: News
Topic: ZAP Energy News
Replies: 140
Views: 29681

Re: ZAP Energy News

"We have not and we will not hit break-even this year," a Zap Energy spokesperson said.
SJ's comment:
This might unfortunately be true, though
I wonder if this is a matter of ready to confirm & publish as it seems their FuseQ device test amps is high enough?
by mvanwink5
Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:19 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 671
Views: 112792

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

lol if they don't even need SC magnets and can harvest 90% of the fusion energy as electricity via plasma currents then even LWRs are are going to be obsolete overnight, let alone fusion competitors with low-beta SC designs As soon as I found out Helion was able to extract the plasma energy directl...
by mvanwink5
Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:40 pm
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1172840

Re: SpaceX News

Shock wave is gigantic. I wonder if there is reflection from the tower or the vertical tanks (dented again)? Of course tank walls are flexible so any reflected shock wave would be expected to effect the entire ship with any tile weakness being found such as the section weld lines where there are no ...
by mvanwink5
Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:30 pm
Forum: News
Topic: SpaceX News
Replies: 2324
Views: 1172840

Re: SpaceX News

It was a bit scary how many tiles came off the Starship. Hopefully they have a path ahead for dealing with that. As I understand it, there is a procedure to test tiles in the weld sections of the Starship for adequate adhesion where pins for securing tiles are not applied. However, that tile adhesi...
by mvanwink5
Tue Nov 07, 2023 11:39 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 671
Views: 112792

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

Wire length between capacitors and aluminum rings has to be measured along with controlling pathway to avoid inductance differences even though it is DC (it is timed, pulsed DC).
by mvanwink5
Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 671
Views: 112792

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

Yes, of course. The wire must be intended to connect the coils to the capacitor banks. Here is a picture: https://spectrum.ieee.org/fusion?utm_campaign=climatetechsub The high voltage explains the structural glass insulator construction of the machine we see in photo. It is really a marvel of techno...
by mvanwink5
Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:27 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 671
Views: 112792

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

There are many motor repair shops that specialize in making coils including vacuum epoxy impregnation of the coils. Any big city can be expected to have one or more such shops. Capacitor manufacturing is more specialized, so making their own is understandable.
by mvanwink5
Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:54 am
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 671
Views: 112792

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

Received a massive shipment of cable - over a megameter in total! Our team has meticulously hipot tested every 500-meter spool, ensuring they're all set for installation on Polaris.
They just got their magnet wire so lots of work. I was surprised that they make their own magnet coils.
by mvanwink5
Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:27 pm
Forum: News
Topic: ZAP Energy News
Replies: 140
Views: 29681

Re: ZAP Energy News

High current electrode erosion is an old industrial issue with working solutions. There is however more work for Zap because the electrode shape is important. I doubt we will get details on what exactly they are doing until they patent what ends up working. Technological advances always have the sam...
by mvanwink5
Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:17 pm
Forum: News
Topic: ZAP Energy News
Replies: 140
Views: 29681

Re: ZAP Energy News

From what I have seen there is serious work in progress, parallel teams doing the prototyping, actual hardware with success being reported on all aspects. This is not a vaporware company scamming fools out of hundreds of millions, with shady researchers.
by mvanwink5
Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 671
Views: 112792

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

And high voltage tested them already.

We desperately need to take every bit out of the schedule possible. Helion seems to not miss anything after their experience with building so many prototypes. News from Helion and Zap will shake the world energy tree.
by mvanwink5
Fri Oct 20, 2023 2:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: ZAP Energy News
Replies: 140
Views: 29681

Re: ZAP Energy News

The article mentions them in the next section:
III. ELECTRODE DAMAGE MITIGATION STRATEGIES
by mvanwink5
Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:47 pm
Forum: News
Topic: ZAP Energy News
Replies: 140
Views: 29681

Re: ZAP Energy News

Fortunately, several classes of solutions are available to reduce the cathode erosion problem to manageable levels.
by mvanwink5
Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:32 am
Forum: News
Topic: ZAP Energy News
Replies: 140
Views: 29681

Re: ZAP Energy News

Zap Energy has a new paper out on electrode wear: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/article/30/10/100601/2915124/Electrode-durability-and-sheared-flow-stabilized-Z The sheared-flow-stabilized (SFS) Z-pinch concept is on a path to commercialization at Zap Energy. Recent experiments on the Fusion Z-pinch E...
by mvanwink5
Tue Oct 03, 2023 9:41 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 671
Views: 112792

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

IMO, the importance of the NUCOR deal is that it enables Helion to make plans & helps ramp up their factory.