Re: Sonofusion Revisited

From: Parallax (dbohara_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: 25 Aug 2004 19:28:09 -0700

manofsan@yahoo.com (sanman) wrote in message news:<f144e162.0408210824.65f5be9@posting.google.com>...
> Evgenij Barsukov <e-barsoukov2_hate_spam@ti.com> wrote in message news:<cg5rg5$15i$1@home.itg.ti.com>...
> > Taleyarkhan's second paper is sufficient proof for me that the
> > method works. Now, the technological side of the problem is still
> > a big unknown. It might happen that Yes, you can make fusion this way
> > and NO, it is not possible to produce surplus energy or break even
> > by this approach. Note, there is no elements of chain reaction etc
> > involved which would create hope of self-sustaining reaction, and
> > large energy input is constantly required to maintain
> > sono-luminiscence.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Evgenij
>
> Hiya,
>
> Well, it would seem to me that no fusion process has elements of chain
> reaction, except perhaps a hydrogen bomb or the heart of a star. If
> one looks at laser confinement, or tokamaks, or muon-catalyzed fusion,
> none of these seem to really have a chain reaction going on. This
> seems to be the difference between controlled fusion (unachieved) vs
> uncontrolled fusion (already achieved in H-bombs)
>
> If the sonofusion were to work, wouldn't it generate heat output
> inside the reaction vessel, which could then be absorbed thru the
> vessel walls and used to pump power back into the system acoustically?
>
> But I would imagine that any significant power generated would alter
> the acoustic conditions inside the reaction vessel itself. Therefore,
> you'd have to find some "happy middle ground" -- ie. some kind of
> equilibrium state -- where the acoustic fusion will still work, even
> as the power is being generated and absorbed. But should we assume
> that such an equilibrium state would be a high-temperate state? If so,
> then why are they using acetone? Shouldn't they be using some liquid
> with a higher boiling point?
>
> Or could it work with a low boiling-point liquid, but under very high
> pressure?
> I was thinking of liquid hydrogen, or liquid He-3.
> Comments?

Sonoconfusion? A well known phenomena when I listen to "Rap" music.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Sonofusion Revisited
    ... you can make fusion this way ... > reaction, except perhaps a hydrogen bomb or the heart of a star. ... > vessel walls and used to pump power back into the system acoustically? ... Shouldn't they be using some liquid ...
    (sci.energy)
  • Re: Sonofusion Revisited
    ... there is no elements of chain reaction etc ... it would seem to me that no fusion process has elements of chain ... equilibrium state -- where the acoustic fusion will still work, ... Or could it work with a low boiling-point liquid, ...
    (sci.energy)
  • Re: Sonofusion Revisited
    ... there is no elements of chain reaction etc ... it would seem to me that no fusion process has elements of chain ... equilibrium state -- where the acoustic fusion will still work, ... Or could it work with a low boiling-point liquid, ...
    (sci.energy.hydrogen)
  • Re: Fusion + Antimatter Rocket Engines?
    ... fusion is the opposite, ... momentum in reaction mass (light provides so little reaction per watt ... the energy will need to be captured and used to make thrust. ... or capturing it in a power plant and using the energy to power an ion ...
    (rec.arts.sf.science)
  • Re: Why does it take 50 years to build Fusion power plant?
    ... Yet another press release on Fusion has apparently come out. ... A while back I followed "cold fusion" with some interest and met a couple of serious qualified experimenters. ... but the reaction of the "Hot Fusion" establishment was violent in the extreme. ... Seriously though, I sincersly hope that Fusion power is possible, in whatever form. ...
    (rec.arts.sf.science)