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This opening link reports on plans to build a plant in a town in Washington State.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo … ticle_link
The power from the plant will be given to Microsoft at first. I assume this must be a consequence of funding provided by Microsoft.
it seems to me that is a reasonable arrangement.
If the first plant succeeds, it can be replicated at far lower cost.
Microsoft would be an investor in the enterprise.
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Post #3: Google search for how Helion would work.
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I asked Google how the Helion fusion apparatus would work:
Search Labs | AI Overview
Helion Energy's fusion power plant uses a series of magnets to heat and compress hydrogen and helium gas into plasma, which then fuses to create energy. The plant then captures and converts this energy into electricity.How it works
Inject gas: A small amount of hydrogen and helium gas is injected into a long tube of magnetic coils at each end.Heat: The gas is heated until the atoms lose their electrons, creating plasma.
Accelerate: Magnets accelerate the plasma to over 1 million miles per hour.
Collide: The plasma collides in the center of the device.
Compress: The plasma is compressed by additional magnetic fields to over 100 million degrees Celsius.
Fuse: The helium and hydrogen fuse, releasing energy.
Recover electricity: The plasma expands, pushing back on the magnetic field. This change in magnetic field induces an electric current that is captured as electricity.
Helion's approach is different from other fusion power concepts because it:
Uses a pulsed, non-ignition fusion systemRecovers electricity directly
Uses deuterium and helium-3 as fuel
This startup says its first fusion plant is five years away ...May 10, 2023 — The company's device is a six–by-40-foot barbell-shaped “plasma accelerator.” It uses powerful magnets to heat a gas m...
MIT Technology Review
Helion | Technology
* Helion's fusion technology. Helion's fusion generator raises fusion fuel to temperatures greater than 100 million degrees Celsi...Helion
Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as ... - NPR
Dec 4, 2023 — Helion was founded in 2013 with a single goal — to put fusion power on the grid. As we walk through the company's manuf...Technology. This system is intended to operate at 1 Hz, injecting plasma, compressing it to fusion conditions, expanding it, and recovering the energy to produce electricity. The pulsed-fusion system that is used is theoretically able to run 24/7 for electricity production.
Helion Energy - Wikipedia
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That line about the 1 Hz cycle time is ** really ** interesting to me. It would make a great clock for Spaniard's Scientific Time measuring system.
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