Timeline for Repairing a killer electron turbine for ordinary space ship electricity
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| Dec 28, 2023 at 20:34 | answer | added | codeMonkey | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 27, 2023 at 17:52 | comment | added | Slarty | As an aside you might be interested in the enzyme ATP synthase that is a molecular scale turbine operated by the flow of hydrogen ions through it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_synthase | |
| Dec 27, 2023 at 4:56 | answer | added | The Square-Cube Law | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 27, 2023 at 1:49 | comment | added | JBH | @KEY_ABRADE You're worrie about issues that don't pertain to the question. To use a metaphor, I need to condense water vapor and move it into pipes. The Collectors bring the vapor to the interface, the pipes take the condensed water away... how to condense the water? Please focus only on that aspect of my question which, to extend the metaphor, doesn't rely on knowing the quantity of water nor its velocity. | |
| Dec 27, 2023 at 1:46 | comment | added | KEY_ABRADE | In other words, it's not about how much water goes through the dam but about how fast the turbines can spin. That makes more sense, which of course means I know even less about it. Also, my understanding is that if the energy needed to maintain the Bussard is less than that harvested from braking electrons, this is not a perpetual motion machine and therefore does not violate the first law. This is still up in the air, of course, as this power source is based on high-velocity electrons whereas the classical Bussard ramjet uses fusion, but it may still copper-bottom your handwave a little more. | |
| Dec 27, 2023 at 1:41 | comment | added | JBH | @KEY_ABRADE That's an interesting article that I'll read in greater detail. However, as an ex-chip designer, it's not necessary to know the specific current density of a power source to determine methods of moving electrons from the aluminum common to routing between IC components and SiO2 gates. In other words, I don't need the detail you're suggesting is required and I believe based on my experience that it's unecessary to know it to suggest possible solutions. | |
| Dec 27, 2023 at 1:14 | comment | added | KEY_ABRADE | Any answer should determine the rate electrons pass through a given part of space during a storm. You may like this (frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1168636/full) article; although I can make heads nor tails of it I see things like "electron density" and electron counts per cubic centimeter, which when combined with these electrons moving at speeds we know may allow you to determine the rate at which electrons pass through a given portion of space and therefore the amount of harvestable energy per time unit. I also recommend looking up "triboelectric nanogenerator". | |
| Dec 27, 2023 at 0:54 | history | asked | JBH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |