How could automobiles be powered by nuclear fission indirectly?
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Christina C asked:
Help with science homework!
How could automobiles be powered by nuclear fission indirectly?
How come they cannot be powered indirectly?
Cars
Help with science homework!
How could automobiles be powered by nuclear fission indirectly?
How come they cannot be powered indirectly?
Cars
October 14th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Nuclear power can generate electricity.
Cars can be made to run on electricity.
Nuclear reactors are not practical to run, however, on a scale as small as a car.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
If you set off enough nuclear explosions, you could push a car very far, but only in one direction. Perhaps a better method would be to use radio-inductile materials that can generate electrical current when exposed to the radiation of a fission reaction. Then the current could be either focused using short-wavelength energy beams towards a receiving power transducer in an electric car, or through a ground-based conduction grid that could transfer the current via special metal tires.
October 16th, 2008 at 4:24 am
Nuclear fission is a very difficult reaction to control… you probably would not want it directly in a car (plus it creates radiation). Basically, you can create electricity through Nuclear fission by heating water (or another fluid) with the heat of the reaction and running a turbine with the steam… from there you can charge a battery and run a car.
Basically
1) a nuclear fission reaction is very difficult to stop
2) the radiation shielding would be very heavy
3) and a lot more heat than you would want in a small space.
Hope this helps.
October 17th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
You charge the batteries in your electric vehicle from the stationary nuclear generating station that also powers the rest of the community.