I agree with Terry. Rossi is not a build it and take pictures kind of guy. He is surely testing multiple units at once.
You don't build an array of something that complex unless you're pretty sure about the individual units. And as soon as practical, you start running multiple units at once... that way you can catch engineering flaws before they are replicated. So the fact that he has a nearly completed array makes me pretty sure he has done some serious testing. It would have been good to see more pictures of his shop to answer: What does he connect to that 2" steam outlet? Does he have water for each cat plumbed? What goes to and from the "control box location". What kind of electric power is available to start it up? I do recall quite a long time ago on Rossi's blog someone suggesting that he will "need to test every unit" before attempting to run them in parallel. He basically said only an idiot would do otherwise and he was well beyond that. My guess is that he is working on the controls. Making sure each cat can start, self-sustain, and stop on demand... with minimal chance of melting or malfunctioning. Rossi has a team of people working on this project--nobody seems to know how many people, but one thing is for sure.. progress is being made, and besides Rossi, nobody is leaking information. Surely Rossi will will keep people a safe distance away from the container when it is running. - Brad > Take it from an engineer. He tested it as soon as it was assembled. > He might not have run it at capacity; but, it's been tested. Look at > the corrosion on the module tested on Oct. 6. All that did not occur > on that day. > > We don't build stuff to look at. :-) > > T > >
