Can the recycling process function properly at 2000 cycles a second? Can a rinse cycle clear the powder from the walls in 5 micro seconds? Will the rinse cycle be a bottle neck in the overall firing rate?
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson < orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: > *Part two, July 21 2014 BLP demonstration:* > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TKgrOjac6Y&feature=youtu.be > > > > Of particular interest to me was... > > > > *Timeline:* > > 00:09:15 - 00:10:53 > > > > Someone in the audience asks Mils about the recycling of the fuel, what's > all involved. > > > > Mills responds (these are not exact quotes, but close): > > > > They are using multiple regenerated fuel. > > Uses metal powder plus inorganic compound with magnesium chloride > hexahydrate. > > The exploded powder is ...literally was rinsed off the chamber [walls]... > and then the extra water was drained off... just sedimentation drained off > the water, and then we reused it. That's it. All you have to do is re-wet > it. > > > > *Timeline* > > 00:12:05 - 00:12:40 > > > > Follow-up question: someone asks whether we're seeing the fuel > regeneration happening in some of the demos. > > > > Mills states the current recycling setup is very new and not all the > recycling systems are installed. Just had the trough full of wetted fuel > and the water lines hooked up. I believe Mills states the next BLP > demonstration (not yet scheduled) will show a more sophisticated automated > recycling of the fuel in real time. Sounds like the next demo, if they can > stay in the timeline, will include rinse-down capability and recyclability > of the solid fuel. > > > > *Timeline* > > 00:33:54 Again, someone asks Mills about the recycling of the fuel, what > state is it in during the explosion and the reclamation process. > > > > Mills response (not exact quotes) > > > > The metal powder doesn't change. > > It's a very high surface area nano-powder. > > Actually works better after you detonate it because the surface area goes > up... absorbs more water. > > absorbs more quickly and it ignites more. > > It just carries more current. > > seems to work better. > > ... > > [metal powder] It is not consumed. > > Reaction will occur in an argon enclosed chamber. > > Can't be consumed. > > If the metal powder gets hot enough to melt it still stays the size of > tiny powder particles. [doesn't clump up, or condense like water - svj] > > powder size: sub-micron size, maybe fifty nanometers. ... stays like that. > > The blasts just constantly makes it very very fine powder. > > magnesium chloride stays magnesium chloride. [doesn't get destroyed] > > > > *My conclusions:* > > > > If Mills is telling the truth, the recycling of the fuel does not appear > to be that big of an energy hog. Seems to be pretty easy to physically > recycle the powder. Mills said there is still some engineering that will be > needed in order to optimize the best recycling process, ie. the rinsing > procedure, positioning of the water jets. Low tech stuff. At the moment, > based on what I have viewed, it does not appear to me that "the doctor" is > lying. > > > > We shall see. Perhaps at the next demo. > > > > Regards, > > Steven Vincent Johnson > > svjart.orionworks.com > > zazzle.com/orionworks > > > > >
