Jack Cole <jcol...@gmail.com> wrote: T1 is in an air gap apparently. Possibly that could make more sense. >
Let's see . . . You mean it is installed in the middle of the "T-Bone" shaped reactor, in the air gap between the reactor and the "DC Power" heaters (shown in orange). I guess it is touching the reactor. The DC Power heaters are inside of a stainless steel tank, which seems to be hollow, and is stuffed with MgO insulation. T4 is on the outer wall of the steel tank. That seems like a good location to me. I expect the outer wall temperature is uniform. It would be good to confirm that with an IR sensor (optical thermometer). I don't know where T3 is. Probably at the end of the reactor which is out in the air, protruding from the steel tank. Is there a photo of this somewhere? I don't recall. I will look at his earlier paper. I think the configuration has not changed much. It has the same problems, with the T2 thermocouple burning out, I guess from the high temperatures and perhaps from the hydrogen atmosphere. - Jed
