fusion energy question?
I understand making fusion (cold/nuclear/ect), but I have no idea how the energy is suppose to be collected from fusion? Is it the light(useing solar cells)?, is it magnetic(using copper wire collecting random electron emmisions)?, or is it just heat that would turn a turbine?
Just very curiuos…
thanks
Heat from the process is one way, if the plasma could oscillate, and is in fact magnetic in nature then it could induce a voltage into coils nearby. One method that is little known would be to extract some of the plasma and direct it into a magnetothermohydrodynamic converter. Since the plasma is electrically charged, in such a device would induce an electrical current into the devices collection terminals.
Russia has used such devices, at least in the past. I believe that Lawrence-Livermore was also doing research into these devices.
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