An interesting video. Contrary to Peter's assessment below, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I come from an industrial laboratory environment, and in such laboratories, while improvised hardware is common, safety is paramount. The video shows a disregard for safety that would not have been tolerated in a corporate lab. Defkalion advertises using high H2 pressure "<50 bar", even half that is a lot of pressure in case of accident. Yet, the hydrogen bottle is not even strapped to anything to prevent it from falling over. The long H2 line is absurd and seems to cross walking areas - if something/someone runs into it or if the bottle falls over, a large volume of H2 could be released before it could be brought under control - easily enough H2 to seriously injure the occupants and damage the lab. The lack of safety practices shown in the video portrays Defkalion as little more than a garage shop operation.
The video shows apparent testing of a Ni-H reactor, and measurement of temperature, but I did not see any cooling inlet/outlet tubes or evidence of measurement of heat being removed (for calorimetry). There appeared to be measurement of 3 temperatures (which?). The heater seems to be operated via a transformer that is fed with a Variac (variable transformer). The plot at the end shows temperature(s) vs. time. Bob Higgins On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is an industrial research lab, people are working with new self made > reactors and setups. > Why use high tech except the laptop there? > > Energy is good- but (paraphrasing Bismarck) it is like sausages: it is > better to not look how it is > manufactured. Not only in this case, always. > I like the lab, it is made for a purpose, is not an exhibition. > >> *From:* Alain Sepeda <alain.sep...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Monday, January 30, 2012 11:47 AM >>> *To:* Vortex List <vortex-l@eskimo.com> >>> *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:FYI: Defkalion GT send video of internal testing >>> >>> finally I've see this video >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuRGpRZ1t5E >>> >>> some photos, few seconds of testing phases... blair witch style... >>> I've noticed the long thin pipes for H, (for saferty I imagine). >>> the small rheostat... >>> not a show. >>> >>>
