Hydrogen Fusion Reactor

  • BoredInSchool
    12th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    This is a much better version of my original fusion reactor, which I had built to fulfill a challenge posted a while back where a user requested a successful fusion reactor that DOESN'T use walls to contain the pressures of the reactor core. The only wall utilized in this save is the DETECTOR(for the steam turbine). It fixes a few things that users have pointed out, such as: the fusion process is more obvious, and you can SEE the how the fusion reaction is utilized to generate electricity. I also made it have a few more decorations, moved the controls to a new location, and made the reactor a little more interactive. TO USE: turn it on, and activate the Heat & Fuel panels. Wait for fusion to start, then activate the Steam panel to begin boiling water for the steam turbines. Use the waste panel to clean out the byproducts from the process and keep the reactor core unclogged. It takes about 2 minutes to get from initial startup to power production(IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING), so please, PLEASE be patient and don't immediately say it doesn't work(It does, I've been testing this thing for a while now). Please note, this is a rebuild(pretty much from the ground up) of the first reactor I EVER tried to make of any type. Enough of my rambling, enjoy the save(you earned it just by having to read my long winded post LOL[if you even did]).
  • billion57
    12th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    Hmm...
    Nice.
    But why does the LOXY evaporate?
  • BoredInSchool
    12th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    It evaporates because its LN2 and it has no gas form. Hence, it is perfect to use as a coolant system.
  • 45PWNmaster
    12th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    I am the User he speaks of I believe.
  • m_shinoda
    12th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    @billion57 (View Post)

    you must be using either a mod or the new beta
  • billion57
    13th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    How does it actually work?
  • BoredInSchool
    13th May 2012 Member 0 Permalink
    It works by letting HYGN into a piping system that brings it down to a heating system. The heating system, which can be controlled by the HEAT panel, uses GOL and HSWC to heat the HYGN to roughly 8000. degrees. Once it is hot enough, it is piped to a portal system that feeds it directly to the reactor core. Once inside the fusion chamber inside the core, I use a PUMP to get the pressure within the core to levels high enough to cause the hot HYGN to start fusing. The fusion products are removed by PVOD, controlled by WASTE. Meanwhile, another HSWC system takes the heat produced by fusion and transmits it to a steam generator consisting of a SPNG glitch(yes, I used a glitch) that shoots out WATR, which then gets heated by the HSWC(controlled by STEAM panel) to turn into WTRV and go through another pipe until it gets to a DETECTOR wall and produces SPRK for the electricity.