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samyesterday at 5:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Power to magnets (at least those not contributing to heating) are assumed to be included in the house load.


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chris_vayesterday at 6:04 PM

For pulsed power, with an optimistic beta of 1, the magnetic field energy is going to be comparable to the heat energy. The house load here seems tied to a static superconducting coil, not a pulsed field.

And can in many cases be much higher than the heat energy (e.g. theta pinch).