maitrejeanth
SOC-9
I'm rereading "Starship operators manual" at the moment. I have owned that book since 1989, and I'm still dazzled by its depth and its quality. How sad the others books in the series never materialised !
Still, one of my questions is unanswered : how is power, meaning zillions of watts, actually generated aboard ?
We know fusion power plants burn hydrogen, generating tremendous heat. But how is this heat converted into electricity ?
I can't really imagine today's method of heat exchanger + steam turbine + alternator being used. Simply not efficient enough for the requested power.
So, how does it happen ?
Still, one of my questions is unanswered : how is power, meaning zillions of watts, actually generated aboard ?
We know fusion power plants burn hydrogen, generating tremendous heat. But how is this heat converted into electricity ?
I can't really imagine today's method of heat exchanger + steam turbine + alternator being used. Simply not efficient enough for the requested power.
So, how does it happen ?