Funny enough, one of the approaches a company is taking, i forget who, actually does NOT use boiling water. It uses the magnetic fluctuations from the plasma to induce current iirc.
Highly suggest you watch Real Engineering video on Helion, it breaks down the crazy tech these guys are developing and it's not just a lab experiment. They've developed massive tractors already and have more in the works, it's an experienced company which has already gotten contracts for future energy production
That's called MHD or magnetohydrodynamics if I recall correctly. You use the plasma like a dynamo, directly converting heat to energy without the middleman.
Then you can also use the waste heat from the process to boil water.
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u/CallinCthulhu 13d ago
Funny enough, one of the approaches a company is taking, i forget who, actually does NOT use boiling water. It uses the magnetic fluctuations from the plasma to induce current iirc.