Hydrogen-boron fusion reactor

[RJM Corbet]

Getting closer to a realistic fusion reactor?

 

[Robert Zwilling]

Low Temperature Fusion In Not Quite Plain English

Basically it works like a steam engine in terms of energy confinement. Look Ma! No expensive magnets. The electric bill might still be a problem. The lasers uses micro compression to provide the heat, The Boron Hydrogen fuel burns in such a way that the "flame" stays within the body of the flame. The energy output is helium atoms without electrons, which is a simple positive electrical charge, that is collected outside of the reaction. The lasers are extremely powerful but the ultra short pulses keep everything manageable. It certainly looks very practical.

 

[Robert Zwilling]

Tempting to think If the energy coming out of it was stored up for a while and then it was fed back from that pool of energy to the unit's lasers and support machinery, and some of the output electrical energy that was fed back to that pool of energy, would it run for years on a single dose of boron? Assuming hydrogen could be picked out of the air or does it require massive amounts of fuel? I didn't see how much fuel it used. Maybe it needs a lot of boron and hydrogen as it is just using helium atoms without their electrons as the generated electrical power. How powerful could helium ions be?

 

[RJM Corbet]

Yes I like the way it generates an energy potential that can be converted into electrical current without the need to physically turn turbines, etc. It would be a huge energy saving?

Low Temperature Fusion In Not Quite Plain English

Sorry I can't get that page up ...

 

[Robert Zwilling]

The Web Site For the company

The link to the paper didn't work, the company page is pretty simple.


Here is the abstract again

Extreme laser pulses for non-thermal fusion-ignition of hydrogen-boron

 

[RJM Corbet]

Thanks, I've got it. Rather technical for me, I'm afraid