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<blockquote data-quote="bobbymike" data-source="post: 121593" data-attributes="member: 2901"><blockquote data-quote="Madurai"><blockquote data-quote="Avimimus"><p>This is getting speculative - what about nuclear powered ships? One might think that the excess of power (combined with sea water for radiators using evaporative cooling and switching current between transmitters), they could make for large and powerful defensive ships. Does anyone know of any studies for such ships? What are their maximum capabilities?</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Nuclear-powered ships--existing ones, anyway--do not produce any more electrical power than conventionally-powered ones. All the turbine generators operating at full output represent a minor steam load compared to the propulsion turbines.</p><p></p><p>If electrically-powered weapons (DEW or railguns) are ready for prime time soon, we'll no doubt see a ship designed around a vastly-increased output; but the prime mover turning the generators to produce that power might well be gas turbines or diesels.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>I don't have the figures handy but I remember reading CG(X) and DD(X) were to have MASSIVE energy surpluses in the tens of megawatts combined with high storage capacitors in order to power DEW and railgun weaponry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobbymike, post: 121593, member: 2901"] [quote="Madurai"] [quote="Avimimus"] This is getting speculative - what about nuclear powered ships? One might think that the excess of power (combined with sea water for radiators using evaporative cooling and switching current between transmitters), they could make for large and powerful defensive ships. Does anyone know of any studies for such ships? What are their maximum capabilities? [/quote] Nuclear-powered ships--existing ones, anyway--do not produce any more electrical power than conventionally-powered ones. All the turbine generators operating at full output represent a minor steam load compared to the propulsion turbines. If electrically-powered weapons (DEW or railguns) are ready for prime time soon, we'll no doubt see a ship designed around a vastly-increased output; but the prime mover turning the generators to produce that power might well be gas turbines or diesels. [/quote] I don't have the figures handy but I remember reading CG(X) and DD(X) were to have MASSIVE energy surpluses in the tens of megawatts combined with high storage capacitors in order to power DEW and railgun weaponry. [/QUOTE]
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