Fusion wiffleballs could lead 4,000 factor increase in power output

Haase - "with confident of results of WB-8 begin WB-9 planning" giving more hope 'We Will Know In Two Years'

Simon with some insight into how WB-7 has gone. From the looks of things - rather well.

...options for a modified wiffleball 8 (WB8.1) and modified ion gun could provide the Navy with data for potential applications that may lead to a shipborne fusion power reactor. Which would be kinda handy to have to power two or four of those electric motors turning the screws of an aircraft carrier (or a U.S. town)

WB -8 Demonstrations that could:

• ...be operated at a magnetic field strength of approximately 0.8 Tesla, which represents an increase of 8 times the magnetic field strength of previous WB machines. Improvements over previous WB machines in WB confinement, ion energy and fusion reactivity are expected as a result of these changes to WB machine design.
• ...address the plasma dynamics of WB devices, and shall address the scaling laws that apply to polywell fusion.
• ...provide a predictive model of WB behavior including data points for detailed 2D/3D profile measurements of plasma density, ion energy and WB magnetic field structure during follow-on tests to validate the scientific basis for a Polywell fusion power reactor, and guide further research.

The magnetic profile of an operating device is critical for knowing how the device actually operates. Without that it is very difficult if not impossible to design in improvements.

So the program is starting to take on a life of its own. A WB-9 device is already under consideration even before experiments on WB-8 are even completed. This indicates a fair amount of confidence in the forthcoming results. Excellent.

Apples to apples comparisons...
An increase of field strength by a factor of 8 means - if the scaling laws hold a factor of about 4,000 increase in power out.

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