In reply to [email protected]'s message of Mon, 5 Dec 2011 08:16:53 +0100 (CET): Hi, [snip] >My thought is to improve the efficiency of this process. Generate 100 keV >electrons or protons in a vacuum and shoot them directly in a lossless way >into a /pressurized/ deuterium /stream/. >I dont aim to discover something new, I just try to improve the efficiency of >this known process. >Both electrons or protons could be tried by reversing the polarity or by using >AC high voltage. > >Peter
Shooting fast protons into a gas (or any other matter) doesn't produce a positive energy balance. This is because the protons lose 99.99% of their energy stripping electrons from atoms, and most of the few that do get close to a nucleus get repelled by the electrostatic force. Only a very small number of actual fusion reactions occur. In fact this is how fusion was first discovered. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
