A big week for Fusion science!

Jack Ratt said:
All in the name of science we made a "spud" bazooka from an old piece of drain pipe, powered by some hair spray and a match. It shot a big potato the length of the school football pitch
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Just about getting back on topic!
 
We made a proper gun, that shot a ball bearing through a 5 gallon can using the black powder taken from "Little Demon" bangers at bonfire time.

Tony.
 
Redline said:
Now that is some toy!
Let's have some of theory then :D

It's not quite how I expected it to look. Where are the toroidal coils that constrain the plasma?
What is used as the plasma? Is it a light nucleus like hydrogen or a heavy one like lead that they use in the
LHC?
How long does it take to get the plasma up to the required energy?
Will it operational before ITER and what are the expectations?
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WTF!! :wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed:
 
Grumpy said:
WTF!! :wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed:
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High energy physics. Love it.
Really jealous that No 2 son wants to go to uni and study under some of the world leading lights in the area.
Think I'd fail miserably at the maths now though.
 
Haha you lot are mad. Well the theroy side of it is not my thing but I'll give it a go.

So the machine itself is made from stainless but a very high grade 316. This is mainly due to keeping the magnetic permeability down so it won't interfere with the plasma field.

The fuel source that starts it off is hydrogen/deuterium which is injected into the machine centre. The toroidal coils are all over the machine, off the top of my head we have 5 on each end plate plus larger coils bolted inside another 8.

This machine boosts some awesome new technology with a cryogenics pump to increase the pumping and a super X divertor to reduces the power loads off the plasma and this answers your next question, if successful this will be built into ITER and then DEMO.

I have a very basic and crude understanding :P
 
Lee said:
Haha you lot are mad. Well the theroy side of it is not my thing but I'll give it a go.

So the machine itself is made from stainless but a very high grade 316. This is mainly due to keeping the magnetic permeability down so it won't interfere with the plasma field.

The fuel source that starts it off is hydrogen/deuterium which is injected into the machine centre. The toroidal coils are all over the machine, off the top of my head we have 5 on each end plate plus larger coils bolted inside another 8.

This machine boosts some awesome new technology with a cryogenics pump to increase the pumping and a super X divertor to reduces the power loads off the plasma and this answers your next question, if successful this will be built into ITER and then DEMO.

I have a very basic and crude understanding :p
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Yep that's exactly how I'd have put it @Lee!
 
Lee said:
So the machine itself is made from a 316. This is mainly due to keeping the magnetic permeability down so it won't interfere with the plasma field.
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Well i understood the BMW bit =))
 
@Lee I dont think that a Pressure Cooker that size will catch on. It may boil the Spuds quicker but i personally think it will be a bit too big for the Hob
 
ME, I prefer a slow cooker, more chance your house will survive till you get home from work @billz

Tony.
 
They didn't dump you out did they @ Lee?? What an amazing chance for you!! Don't understand it all but what a project to work on! Congrats!! JIM
 
Lee said:
So some of you know when I'm not tinkering in the zed shed I'm one of very few people on a very unique project building a prototype fusion reactor. I've been working on this project 3 years now and its really satisfying to see it getting to this point. I'll let the pictures do the talking!

This is the end plate (The lid) in all her glory without any graphite armour.
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2 weeks later
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After being flipped over she's being lifted to meet the vessel
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They finally meet this took 8 hours to fit earlier this week.
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View on the inside
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If your finding this curious visit the site and read all the details :)
http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/mast_upgrade_project.aspx

Lee
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I'll order the matchbox size version for my car...................Frankie
 
i saw 1 of them in the show UFO Colonel Straker but Sid will find it
& skydiver with destory it
 
Redline said:
Now that is some toy!
Let's have some of theory then :D

It's not quite how I expected it to look. Where are the toroidal coils that constrain the plasma?
What is used as the plasma? Is it a light nucleus like hydrogen or a heavy one like lead that they use in the
LHC?
How long does it take to get the plasma up to the required energy?
Will it operational before ITER and what are the expectations?
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I'll tell you one of the expectations, it's gonna be bloody expensive. (In th short term) =))
Rha, Roy.:happy:
 
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