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Comment by elil17

You're correct, that's a good ballpark for the average heat generation rate in the sun. However, 99% of heat generation in the sun occurs in the core (approximately the center 25% by radius) and this area is much more energy dense. Further, fusion reactors could achieve an even higher volumetric heat generation rate then the sun's core does.

To collect energy, heat would be transferred to a working fluid (e.g., molten salt) by exposing that fluid to the hot plasma. Then the working fluid would be used to boil water and spin a turbine.

parent elil17 6 years ago

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