Jed Rothwell  wrote:
> Mike Carrell wrote:
>
...
>           The new reactor has sufficient energy outout to be self
> sustaining with water as an external fuel.
>
> I gather this means: The new reactor produces enough heat with enough Carnot
> efficiency to run a conventional small steam turbine generator. (Not that it
> actually does run a generator, but it could.) This generator would produce
> enough electricity to operate the RF power supply and electrolysis. It would
> thus be a self-sustaining reaction.
>
> I assume you mean a steam generator rather than, say, a thermoelectric
> generator, which is less efficient.

Didn't someone donate a Stirling engine to the BLP cause awhile ago? I
wonder if that setup could be used to increase efficiency.

Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
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