What would happen if the inner grid rotated?
- Alec Fadness
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What would happen if the inner grid rotated?
I read that alot of the particles that are pulled by the induced voltage collide pointlessly into the inner grid and do not fuse. What if the inner grid rotated at an increasing rpm great enough to move out of the way of the particles it pulls toward the inner grid? You could time pulses of high voltage such that particles are pulled quickly towards the tungsten wire, but the tungsten is given sufficient time and acceleration to move out of the way, increasing the particles that actually make it past the tungsten wire.
- Liam David
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Re: What would happen if the inner grid rotated?
I would invite you to consider the ion velocities and calculate the RPM needed. You may find that the wires must move on the order of orbital speeds... Also consider where ions are formed, and how the act of moving the wires alters ion trajectories.
- Jim Kovalchick
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Re: What would happen if the inner grid rotated?
Not completely related to your question, but your post made me recall grid rotation experienced by my son 10 years ago. Reading through the thread, I'm not convinced we ever understood what happened.
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- Alec Fadness
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Re: What would happen if the inner grid rotated?
I would invite you to consider the ion velocities
Unsurprisingly I found the answer on fusor.net! (1,600,000 m / s) Source
Electric motors can spin pretty fast. Dyson has one that reaches 104,000 rpm! Source Imagine if you could pipe 30kv through a series of carbon brushes attached to the base of the tungsten wire grid as it spins at 104,000 rpm.
I was considering this as well, I would like to find out!Also consider where ions are formed, and how the act of moving the wires alters ion trajectories.