I agree Axil. If I were to design this, I would work out a constant power supply algorithm for each unit. I think it would be difficult to wire them in series and have them behave the same. A control system that adjusts the power level to each cell with changing resistance seems like it would make a more convincing demo.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > The heat generated by any section of the wire that does not come into > contact with the reactor core to transfer heat to the reactor must be > subtracted from the total power consumed by the heater. This includes any > inter reactor wire runs between the null and active reactor cores, > The power consumed by each section of wire must be determined and the power > adjusted accordingly. > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 6:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In reply to Alberto De Souza's message of Sat, 21 Mar 2015 01:33:55 >> -0400: >> Hi, >> [snip] >> > >> >Actually, the resistence of heating wires varies very little with >> >temperature. In the case of Kanthal A-1 (that MFMP was using), it >> increases >> >by a factor of only 5% from 100 to 1400 degress Celsius (see >> > >> http://kanthal.com/en/products/material-datasheets/wire/resistance-heating-wire-and-resistance-wire/kanthal-a-1/ >> ). >> >So, considering a high COP (3), this control-variable variance (the wire >> >resistance in the reactors) is negligible. >> > >> >Alberto. >> >> This assumes that the chemical composition of the wires remains constant. >> A >> coating of Al &/or absorption of Hydrogen could both change the >> resistance. >> >> Regards, >> >> Robin van Spaandonk >> >> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html >> >> >
