Polywell design worksheet

Discuss the technical details of an "open source" community-driven design of a polywell reactor.

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Jccarlton
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Polywell design worksheet

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In the past I have built excel spreadsheet design worksheets to help determine design parameters and get a napkin sheet preliminary design without having work through all the numbers every time I wanted to change something. Sort of an A changes B which causes C sort of deal. I would like to start a Polywell sheet, but I'm not sure what numbers are important and drive the model and which are not. for instance do I start with an assumed well diameter or is magnetic field strength drive. Is magnet size a driver or driven. Is the spacing for the grid a constant or does it depend on field size. I'm going to start the sheet with what I think are drivers, but input will be appreciated.

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Jccarlton wrote:In the past I have built excel spreadsheet design worksheets to help determine design parameters and get a napkin sheet preliminary design without having work through all the numbers every time I wanted to change something. Sort of an A changes B which causes C sort of deal. I would like to start a Polywell sheet, but I'm not sure what numbers are important and drive the model and which are not. for instance do I start with an assumed well diameter or is magnetic field strength drive. Is magnet size a driver or driven. Is the spacing for the grid a constant or does it depend on field size. I'm going to start the sheet with what I think are drivers, but input will be appreciated.
I have already done such a sheet. Why not do yours and we can cross check?

Start with radius. Well voltage. Drive energy (center of mass). Reaction rates. Energy density. Magnetic field. Wiffle ball factor. etc.
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