Wefunder campaign continued--- LPP Fusion

7/14/2023: Update to post made on 5/31/23

Switch to pB-11

Comment:

LPP Fusion will switch from deuterium to pB-11 fuel. This is the end game, I suspect. If it works, we've got fusion. If not, maybe it is back to the drawing board, so to speak. Many others are trying other pathways to net energy from fusion. Focus Fusion is but one of those ways.

I made a small investment in it on Wefunder. It may still be possible to invest.

the most recent posting follows below:

Updated, 5/31/23:

The campaign has been successful in reaching its goal of 100k.

It might have been a better post if this video was posted with it.   Here's the

video, belatedly included...



Originally posted, 5/16/23:

 

Wefunder campaign continued--- LPP Fusion

Dec 2021 Nextbigfuture article about LPP Fusion

Here's a link showing the scientific mileposts towards scientific proof of concept, and a roadmap towards achieving those, and also a roadmap to commercialization. That's for those who would ask how close they are to the goal.

The goal is to get to 30k joules with each shot. It seems that they have been at .25 joules for close to a year and a half. That assumes that I'm reading this correctly.

I've been following LPP Fusion for nearly a decade, I suppose. Let's just say that they are getting close to the make or break time, in my estimation. There's a way to get there, as this Nextbigfuture article shows. It is a matter of fine tuning the system. The hangup lately have been the switches. These seem to be firing properly now, and it is short time until the next batch of shots to test the device, and see where it is at now in terms of feasibility.

All of these years, they've seem to be going towards this conclusion. My guess, from a non-technical viewpoint, is that they expect rather dramatic improvements, as they have moved on to proton-boron fusion. To get there, they have managed to achieve the necessary energy state ( with regards to temperature). Confinement is next. It is expected that confinement will improve with the usage of boron.

This reaction, protons and boron, will yield no neutrons. This is important in limiting the radiation going forward. If it works, it will be an aneutronic device, meaning no neutrons. Not all fusion reactions are aneutronic. In fact, it takes much higher temperatures to achieve aneutronic fusion. You might say that it is harder, but the belief amongst the LPP Fusion folks is that that use of boron will help rather than harm their efforts.

The yields go up exponentially, if things go according to plan. Details are in the Nextbigfuture link. It is from 18 months ago, so I'm not sure if all this time has been spent on the switches. If the switches are right, then it on to proton boron and then on to feasibility. This might go faster now, assuming everything works as planned.