Re:Lattice Confinement Fusion
by marcosdumay on Thursday September 24, 2020 @09:24AM
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In direct conversion, all of the particles used on the conversion have MeV energies. It is exactly that bulk heating that is the problem.
When you get a very low entropy source and your first step on using it consist on increasing the entropy 1000000000 times, you lose a lot of flexibility and efficiency.
Re:Lattice Confinement Fusion
by fsh on Thursday September 24, 2020 @03:38PM
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Nuclear fusion is pretty much the exact opposite of a low entropy source. In any case, thermal power plants (gas, coal or nuclear) reach up to 50% efficiency with modern gas or steam turbines.
When you get a very low entropy source and your first step on using it consist on increasing the entropy 1000000000 times, you lose a lot of flexibility and efficiency.