220-ton flywheel generator in Germany

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• wuffah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The power of the sun… in the palm of my hand.

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• FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Context?

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  • vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The article explains precisely what it is and why … it’s even written in English.

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  • Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The electric energy needed by the ASDEX Upgrade fusion experiment to power its magnetic field coils and plasma heating facilities is supplied by large flywheel generators. An experimentation pulse in ASDEX Upgrade requires an electric power of 400 megawatts lasting 10 seconds, i.e. half as much as the whole district of Munich. Such an abrupt grid load is not permissible; so the electric energy for ASDEX Upgrade cannot be taken directly from the grid. Instead the flywheel generators gradually take the energy needed from the grid, store it and then pass it on to ASDEX Upgrade in a single pulse.

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    • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yes, but what is the actual purpose?

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  • dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’ll not downvote a question, but rude cursing.

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    • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Oh, pull the puritan stick out of your arse, you fucking wet blanket

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  • ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is an interesting piece of technology and the OP wanted to share. That thing must have one hell of a clutch! Achieving controlled fusion would be a monumental feat for our species.

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• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  400ish kilowatt hours of useful energy, delivered over 10 seconds.

  That’s an insane amount of energy.

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