serenity model
POSTED BY: KayleeRulesAll
UPDATED: Thursday, September 1, 2005 12:15
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Originally posted by KayleeIsAll:
only during hard burn. when not hard burning, then there should be no plasma in the assembly. right?
Thats true, but if the reactor and the drive chamber are one sealed unit the drive unit will have to spin while the reactor is spinning.
Of course the reaction chamber might be kept 'hot' while not in use.
Or maybe even it keeps burning at all times to give (very) gradual acceleration, just not a hard burn?
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Exactly.
Even if the catalyst stays in the catalyzers, there must be two or more substances reacting to form a third. What are they?
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i dont think that gradual accelleration would be nessicary. they are already getting there at a set speed; no need to waste more feul than they have to. plus, they dont need to simulate gravity with continuous acceleration as they already have artificial gravity.
as for it being a single sealed unit--DOH! im a moron. thanks for pointing that out.
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Originally posted by KayleeIsAll:
so, radion could be the catalyst.
I don't know, because those are called catylisers doesn't mean they really are, do you see? They could be injectors that put the fusion plasma and the reaction mass (radion) in to the reaction chamber, there by kick starting the drive reaction...
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could be. or perhaps Joss just picked a cool sounding word for "engine part you cant live without"
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Quote:As I said they could be using the Plasma for generating power, you can do lots of things with heat. Also they might keep Plasma running through the system so the metal parts stay at a warm temperature otherwise the system would cool due to the coldness of space and when the hot plasma hits it there could be a structural failure.
Originally posted by KayleeRulesAll:
only during hard burn. when not hard burning, then there should be no plasma in the assembly. right?
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Originally posted by citizen:Quote:
Originally posted by KayleeIsAll:
so, radion could be the catalyst.
I don't know, because those are called catylisers doesn't mean they really are, do you see? They could be injectors that put the fusion plasma and the reaction mass (radion) in to the reaction chamber, there by kick starting the drive reaction...
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Its possible that the Catalyzes aren’t involved in the Fusion Reaction but are part of a sub-system that aids it in some way.
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Okay I'll do a bit of summising before I go to bed (its nearly 3AM here and I got work...)
(This should really get written down somewhere more permenant when we're done too):
Power is generated by a Tokamak Fusion Torus. When Serenity makes a hard burn some of the fusion plasma is siphoned off and injected into the drive core along with a certain amount of Radion as drive reaction mass.
The two mix in the reaction chamber, in an explosive reaction thats also accelerated with magnetic fields and shot out the back of the ship to produce a massive amount of thrust.
The entire assembly is kept spinning in order to generate a rotating magnetic field and prevent drive plasma from interacting with the substance of the ship.
Hows that?
And now I gotta go to bed...
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Both good points, but the plasma would have to be prevented from interacting with the any of the ships parts with magnetic fields. So would there be any substantial heating?
Its fairly likely that there are a whole heap of subsystems involved with running the engine/powerplant also.
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Quote:There probably are lots of things like exhaust vents that have the minimum of shielding. Also its possible that the Mag Field prevents the plasma from touching the metal casing but there still would be lots of heat in the area that needs to be radiated.
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Both good points, but the plasma would have to be prevented from interacting with the any of the ships parts with magnetic fields. So would there be any substantial heating?
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