Compact nuclear fusion in 10 years? Lockheed Martin

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by elephant » 22/10/14, 08:05

So Maloche, are we taking the bandwagon now?

The e-cat, it's been 3 years that we talk about it (me the first on econology) on 2 sons

https://www.econologie.com/forums/reaction-d ... 10384.html (19 / 1 / 2014)
and, as the subject had been locked:
https://www.econologie.com/forums/e-cat-d-an ... 13049.html
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by I Citro » 23/10/14, 01:21

Christophe wrote:But do not dream, even if it works, it will not work!I understand : Cheesy:
+1 : Arrowu:
The electric car is one of the many examples that can illustrate this maxim.

But you have to keep hope and fight ...
I have been doing it for years and do not let my guard down ... : Mrgreen:
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by moinsdewatt » 23/10/14, 21:10

izentrop wrote:Now this is the Z-Machine that makes people talk about it. Also owned by Lockheed Martin;)


??
The Z machine was developed by Sandia labs.
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by izentrop » 23/10/14, 22:35

moinsdewatt wrote:
izentrop wrote:Now this is the Z-Machine that makes people talk about it. Also owned by Lockheed Martin;)


??
The Z machine was developed by Sandia labs.

Sorry for the wrong source and I should have written "affiliate" http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratoires_Sandia ;)
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by Capt_Maloche » 24/10/14, 00:09

Really guys, I'm running out of time

What is your analysis of the E-cat?
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by Christophe » 24/10/14, 12:11

Capt_Maloche wrote:What is your analysis of the E-cat?


In short: if the reaction is stable and real (yet to be confirmed) it is because at the current nickel price it is not to be gained from being competitive on production facilities. One development path would be mobile installations ...

Look at this topic it is more easily digestible: overunit-motors-debat / e-cat-d-andrea-rossi-le-retour-t13049.html
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by moinsdewatt » 19/09/20, 12:03

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by moinsdewatt » 19/09/20, 12:11

This is what I found.

Lockheed Martin patents part of its mini-fusion reactor (and gets closer to the nuclear Grail)

SYLVAIN ARNULF New Factory 27/03/2018

VIDEO Lockheed Martin has patented the design of part of its mini nuclear fusion reactor. Proof that the project of the American giant, which arouses both fascination and skepticism, is moving forward.
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https://www.usinenouvelle.com/editorial ... re.N672249


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Of course, it remains to be seen if Lockheed Martin's fusion reactor will actually become a reality. Many other companies and institutions have tried for nearly a century to create workable fusion power without success.

On the one hand, a corporation receiving a patent does not necessarily mean they are actively pursuing the technology that the document describes, either. In addition, since the media blitz in 2014, Skunk Works has said very little about this project outside of the plasma physics community. The US government also reserves the right to classify patents it feels might be a threat to national security if they were public, so the fact that this one is not might also calls into question how mature the system might be in actuality.
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/1 ... on-reactor
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by moinsdewatt » 19/09/20, 12:21

An easy search points to the patent in question.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20180047462A1/en

I'll watch that a bit later ......


Abstract
In one embodiment, a fusion reactor includes an enclosure, an open-field magnetic system comprising one or more internal magnetic coils suspended within the enclosure, and one or more encapsulating magnetic coils coaxial with the one or more internal magnetic coils of the open-field magnetic system. The one or more encapsulating magnetic coils form a magnetosphere around the open-field magnetic system. The open-field magnetic system and the one or more encapsulating magnetic coils, when supplied with electrical currents, form magnetic fields for confining plasma within the enclosure,


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by moinsdewatt » 19/09/20, 14:17

For me it's clear that it's bogus.
The essence of the patent relates to the creation of fields to confine the plasma.

Not sure there is anything really exploitable in the description.

The end of the patent is a shame, it is filling and reusing what already exists everywhere in electronics and computers. (all that relates to the last figure = figure 9). It makes me doubt the above in the patent.

I'm sure they won't have a fusion reactor in 2024.
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