I modeled the behavior of core heat generation as a smooth function of temperature. Various functions and power series relationships have been modeled, but noisy generation was not attempted. If too much variation in heat power output is encountered then the process would become more difficult to stabilize. In that case my main concern would be that a burst in heat power output would kick the device over the threshold that leads to thermal run away.
Rossi has never given a clue as to whether or not this type of issue effects operation of his devices. The recent published tests that displayed the surface temperature of the Hotcat versus time appeared to be very consistent from cycle to cycle. That suggests that variation is not too severe. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Tue, Apr 15, 2014 10:00 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Thermal inertia On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 9:43 AM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: I hope this short description of how I model the ECAT operation helps to clarify the process. If you have additional questions please feel free to ask. When you were modeling the thermodynamics of the reaction, did you use a stochastic model for the reaction itself? If so, did you look at the effect of different variances in the temperature excursions? Eric
