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minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·20 days agostill waiting for someone to demonstrate a more efficient power transfer solution
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·20 days agoSolar cells, technically. boiling water systems have a thermal efficiency of ~40% Solar cells are closer to 45% efficient
minus-squarespazzman6156@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 days agoSo line a nuclear fusion containment chamber with photovoltaic cells?
minus-squareBussyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoThey would melt, but we do also have gamma voltaics which can use the gamma radiation from fission and fusion to generate electricity they just have an atrocious efficiency
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoHelion is trying to build a fusion reactor that harvests the energy through electro magnetic induction. https://youtu.be/HlNfP3iywvI
minus-squareTlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoI’ll believe it when I see it. They have so many material science challenges ahead of them and aren’t very forthcoming with progress.
still waiting for someone to demonstrate a more efficient power transfer solution
Solar cells, technically.
boiling water systems have a thermal efficiency of ~40% Solar cells are closer to 45% efficient
So line a nuclear fusion containment chamber with photovoltaic cells?
They would melt, but we do also have gamma voltaics which can use the gamma radiation from fission and fusion to generate electricity they just have an atrocious efficiency
Helion is trying to build a fusion reactor that harvests the energy through electro magnetic induction.
https://youtu.be/HlNfP3iywvI
I’ll believe it when I see it. They have so many material science challenges ahead of them and aren’t very forthcoming with progress.