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Ship Design: Power Generation


Functional Characteristics:
  • Power output
  • Fuel consumption

Power Plants
Type Power
/ MW
Mass
/ t MW-1
Vol
/ m3 MW-1
Fuel Consumption
/ m3 h-1 MW-1
Fuel type
Min Max
Polymer fuel cell     1 1 0.16 Hydrocarbon
Internal combustion     2.5 2.5 0.30 Hydrocarbon
CCGT     2.0 2.0 0.25 Hydrocarbon
MHD turbine     1.5 1.5 0.20 Hydrocarbon
Fission reactor 0.2 5000   0.0001   Uranium
Fusion reactor       0.025   Helium-3
Amat reactor           amat (usually anti-pions)
GUT reactor           Any hadronic matter




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