I think the air is both the cooling fluid and source of fuel.
On Monday, August 13, 2012, David Roberson wrote:
> I think that the hole in the center of the device is open to allow cooling
> fluid to flow through. This appears to be the hottest region of Rossi's
> reactor. Notice the bright color seen through the hole.
>
> Dave
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> Subject: Re: [Vo]:1200 degrees E-cat operating at 1 bar?
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> As far as I understand, but I could be wrong, the hot cat reactor is not
> open at all.
>
> These are two concentric tubes with their ends somehow closed with some
> kind of appropriate 'putty'.
> So: the part that you are seeing as open is the hole in the donut, but it
> is the hollowness of the donut itself that is the reaction chamber.
>
> Unclear to me is how they filled that with the gas and at what pressure.
> Then again, Rossi says he uses some metal hydride, not gas per se.
>
> Andre
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> Andre
>
> On 08/13/2012 04:25 AM, Teslaalset wrote:
>
> Group,
> Recent posted foto that seems to represent a test Rossi test unit
> generating 1200 degrees C heat, made me wonder:
> Is the new unit operating at 1 Bar gas pressure? It seems to be an open
> setup to me.
> Past explanation by Rossi gave me the impression the E-cat works at quite
> higher gas pressures.
> Is it just me than is puzzled about this observation?
>
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