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What does it mean that Kronos is a 'driven' system?
It is continuously heated rather than self-igniting — which makes it controllable.
What does it mean that Kronos is a 'driven' system?
A driven system produces a steady multiple of continuous external heating rather than sustaining itself by fusion self-heating (ignition). HYPERION's Q = 3.424 and the burner's QE = 1.31 are driven figures. The advantage is control: turn the heating down and the power responds.
Kronos chooses driven operation deliberately and quotes finite gain honestly.