Will Tesla Reactors Power the Future? - Red Alert 2 Technical Analysis
8We try to figure out how the Tesla Reactor from Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 works and how it compares to traditional power plants in terms of efficiency and environmental impact.
00:00 Intro
00:49 What Makes It a Reactor?
01:18 Why is It Constantly Arcing?
02:48 Time Travel
03:09 The Voltaic Pile
04:02 The Fuel Cell
05:17 The Jawbreaker Theory
05:57 Recap
06:22 A Terrible Design?
07:06 Hydrogen Production using Plasma Technology
07:48 The Tesla Coil Theory
08:23 Space Optimisation
08:52 Tesla Coil vs. Combustion
10:46 The Future of the Tesla Reactor
11:31 Conclusion
11:53 Outro
References/Further reading:
Efficient Plasma Technology for the Production of Green Hydrogen from Ethanol and Water:
https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/energies/energies-15-02777/article_deploy/energies-15-02777.pdf?version=1649583421
Hydrogen Production- Fundamentals and Case Study Summaries:
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/47302.pdf
Fuel Cells for Space Science Applications:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20040010319/downloads/20040010319.pdf
Fuel cells poised to power the future:
https://www.anl.gov/aet/article/fuel-cells-poised-to-power-the-future
Ethanol Plant Efficiency:
https://www.ethanoltoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&fid=53&Itemid=6
Molar Heat of Combustion:
https://www.ausetute.com.au/heatcomb.html
Resource attributions:
Title: Efficient Plasma Technology for the Production of Green Hydrogen from Ethanol and Water
Publish Date: 10 April 2022
Link: https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/energies/energies-15-02777/article_deploy/energies-15-02777.pdf?version=1649583421
Authors: Ulejczyk, B.; Nogal, Ł.; Młotek, M.; Krawczyk, K. Efficient
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Title: Drawing of Neanderthal Man.
Description: Neanderthal Man at the station of Le Moustier, overlooking the Vally of the Vezere, Dordogne.
Date: 23 October, 2014
Source: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/cmgx6u8z
Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drawing_of_Neanderthal_Man._Wellcome_M0008959.jpg
Author: Wellcome Library, London.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Title: Pueblo Chemical Agent - Agitated reactor (motor)
Description: Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Agent Processing Building This photo taken from the upper level processing room shows one of the agent reactor tanks at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. The motor, visible on top, will turn the agitators inside the tank.
Date: 5 October 2011
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/acwa/6377514229/
Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pueblo_Chemical_Agent_-_Agitated_reactor_(motor).jpg
Author: PEO, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
License: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Title: "... try to set the night on FIRE^^" - panoramio
Description: "... try to set the night on FIRE!!!"
Date: 3 September 2011
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20161024035604/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/61337550
Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22..._try_to_set_the_night_on_FIRE%5E%5E%22_-_panoramio.jpg
Author: David Edwards (https://web.archive.org/web/20161024035607/http://www.panoramio.com/user/4327878?with_photo_id=61337550)
License: CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Title: Climate fiction - Amazon 2020 and 2500 under RCP6.0 scenario
Description: Artwork as a supplement to the study "Climate change research and action must look beyond 2100"
Illustrates "the potential scope of regional changes under RCP6.0 (Figure 2). Although technology in 2500 is essentially unknowable, we limited technological advancement for the purposes of making comparisons between 2020 and 2500."
Date: 24 September 2021
Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.15871
Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Climate_fiction_-_Amazon_2020_and_2500_under_RCP6.0_scenario.jpg
Author: James McKay
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Title: Flyback Powered Tesla Coil
Description: Full-wave rectified flyback transformer powered by Mazilli ZVS driver (homemade rectifier from potted strings of fast recovery high voltage diodes)
Date: 17 November 2013
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GqGMwXYSEo
Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flyback_Powered_Tesla_Coil.webm
Author: High Voltage (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1LGsrolkIHLAZIG0Xw8VPw?feature=watch)
License: CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Title: EEEeee (514294504)
Description: EEEeee
Date: 23 July 2005
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/raphaelstrada/514294504/
Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EEEeee_(514294504).jpg
Author: raphaelstrada (https://www.flickr.com/people/21172619@N00)
License: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
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