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Post by dragonkid11 on Dec 18, 2016 2:27:19 GMT
QUICK! Replace all the tantalum with osmium!
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Post by The Astronomer on Dec 18, 2016 2:41:38 GMT
The Astronomer I know, and I love watching it; Not even four hours since the update and peeps already going ham!   Actually I was developing tanker to compete Altarris, but noticed how the refueler ruins every single thing. |
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Post by deskjetser on Dec 18, 2016 2:51:57 GMT
dragonkid11 Do you want an osmium war, because thats how you get an osmium war! The Astronomer You were making a tanker to compete with newageofpower you say? Gee I didnt know there was so much going on behind the scenes here.
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Post by jonen on Dec 18, 2016 3:02:00 GMT
... So anyone got anything for a ca 10 GW solution that does not exceed a radius of around 5 meters?
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Post by The Astronomer on Dec 18, 2016 3:16:45 GMT
BREAKING NEWS
Osmium running out of SolSys
oh.
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Post by dragonkid11 on Dec 18, 2016 3:23:02 GMT
sadly, it seems that replacing tantalum with osmium only reduced the price, not weight or size.
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Post by newageofpower on Dec 18, 2016 3:37:52 GMT
... So anyone got anything for a ca 10 GW solution that does not exceed a radius of around 5 meters? Do you have a mass limit & preferred output temperature, or is form-factor your only concern? |
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Post by The Astronomer on Dec 18, 2016 3:48:26 GMT
sadly, it seems that replacing tantalum with osmium only reduced the price, not weight or size. Sadly, the limiting factor in the campaign is mass. |
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Post by newageofpower on Dec 18, 2016 3:54:11 GMT
sadly, it seems that replacing tantalum with osmium only reduced the price, not weight or size. You're joking, right? I can realize at least a 0.5% improvement just from switching to osmium. More when I tune the design. And since Osmium-Tungsten doesn't explode from thermal stress as quickly as Tantalum-Tungsten, I can shave off some coolant flow. More net power for the same heat, or less total heat for the same power. That means I save tons of radiators. |
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Post by David367th on Dec 18, 2016 6:16:15 GMT
Since that frequency quadrupling is now a thing, it looks like you can take any original Titanium:Sapphire or Nd:YAG laser and make it 4x more powerful at no cost in size, weight, or mass (or equally powerful and smaller). Plus, 425nm blue lasers are now available with Thulium:Silica Fiber, yet they are roughly equal to Nd:YAG in terms of output at the cost of twice the power and a bit larger. Up for donation to the templates are my 480MW Green Laser (which can be made more intense with an identical Frequency Doubler)
LaserModule 480 MW Nd:YAG Green Laser
UsesCustomName false
ArcLamp
GasComposition Krypton
EnvelopeComposition Fused Quartz
PowerSupplied_W 4.8e+008
Radius_m 0.044
CavityWallComposition Silver
CavityCoolantComposition Hydrogen
CavitySemimajorAxis_m 1.7
CavitySemiminorAxis_m 1.6
GainMedium Nd:YAG
OpticalNodes 6000000
LasingRodRadius_m 0.051
Mirror
Composition Silver
OutputCoupler
Composition Fused Quartz
CoolantTurbopump
Composition Amorphous Carbon
PumpRadius_m 0.63
RotationalSpeed_RPM 640
CoolantInletTemperature_K 1200
FrequencyDoubler
NonlinearOptic
Composition Silver Gallium Selenide
OpticLength_m 0.018
OpticRadius_m 0.016
ApertureRadius_m 1.6
FocusingMirror
Composition Aluminum
Turret
InnerRadius_m 3.4
ArmorComposition Aramid Fiber
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
MomentumWheels
Composition Polyethylene
RotationalSpeed_RPM 740
EngagementRange_km 250
TargetsShips true
TargetsShots true
990MW Blue Laser
LaserModule 990 MW Thulium:Silica Fiber Blue Laser
UsesCustomName false
ArcLamp
GasComposition Krypton
EnvelopeComposition Fused Quartz
PowerSupplied_W 9.9e+008
Radius_m 0.01
CavityWallComposition Silver
CavityCoolantComposition Hydrogen
CavitySemimajorAxis_m 0.17
CavitySemiminorAxis_m 0.16
GainMedium Thulium:Silica Fiber
OpticalNodes 5000000
LasingRodRadius_m 0.02
Mirror
Composition Silver
OutputCoupler
Composition Fused Quartz
CoolantTurbopump
Composition Amorphous Carbon
PumpRadius_m 0.63
RotationalSpeed_RPM 640
CoolantInletTemperature_K 1160
FrequencyDoubler
NonlinearOptic
Composition Silver Gallium Selenide
OpticLength_m 0.1
OpticRadius_m 0.018
SecondFrequencyDoubler
NonlinearOptic
Composition Silver Gallium Selenide
OpticLength_m 0.1
OpticRadius_m 0.029
ApertureRadius_m 2.9
FocusingMirror
Composition Silver
Turret
InnerRadius_m 6.2
ArmorComposition Aramid Fiber
ArmorThickness_m 0.001
MomentumWheels
Composition Polyethylene
RotationalSpeed_RPM 340
EngagementRange_km 250
TargetsShips true
TargetsShots true
I've been a lurker of this post since it was linked on reddit, so I thought I'd give back a little since it's helped so much |
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Post by jonen on Dec 18, 2016 8:08:25 GMT
... So anyone got anything for a ca 10 GW solution that does not exceed a radius of around 5 meters? Do you have a mass limit & preferred output temperature, or is form-factor your only concern? Form factor is the main concern, but if it's not possible to do it within the same order of magnitude for price and mass as the current standard I'll take a fat bottomed single 10GW laser ship. |
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Post by randomletters on Dec 19, 2016 1:35:26 GMT
I think you're SOL for a 10GW reactor with that sort of form factor, but if you don't mind your ship being 90 meters longer these could be an option.  |
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Post by ash19256 on Dec 19, 2016 2:10:19 GMT
I think you're SOL for a 10GW reactor with that sort of form factor, but if you don't mind your ship being 90 meters longer these could be an option. Why are you using Tantalum in your thermocouple? It's pretty much strictly worse in terms of performance to Osmium. Also, have the standard reactors been redesigned for Tungsten-Osmium thermocouples yet, or has someone created versions using T-O thermocouples? Because I kind of want to see how much optimization we can get out of this one change, and I suck too much at reactor design for that. On a related topic, I have devised an upgrade to the Snickers reactor, and a new 70 kW reactor for more power hungry gun drones, or light railgun drones. |
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Post by kjakker on Dec 19, 2016 2:39:01 GMT
You could try this, although I am not sure how good it is. About half of the power you want.  |
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Post by ash19256 on Dec 19, 2016 2:57:43 GMT
I've modified the reactor design randomletters posted to create this, which is a somewhat heavier, significantly cheaper, more powerful alternative design with a reduced form factor. I'll keep tinkering with it and see if I can get anything better out of these, but I think I've hit a performance cap where any further attempts are going to be met with failure.  Part 2 of the Reactor |
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