T3 is not connected. On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jack Cole <jcol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > T1 is in an air gap apparently. Possibly that could make more sense. >> > > Let's see . . . You mean it is installed in the middle of the "T-Bone" > shaped reactor, in the air gap between the reactor and the "DC Power" > heaters (shown in orange). I guess it is touching the reactor. > > The DC Power heaters are inside of a stainless steel tank, which seems to > be hollow, and is stuffed with MgO insulation. T4 is on the outer wall of > the steel tank. That seems like a good location to me. I expect the outer > wall temperature is uniform. It would be good to confirm that with an IR > sensor (optical thermometer). > > I don't know where T3 is. Probably at the end of the reactor which is out > in the air, protruding from the steel tank. > > Is there a photo of this somewhere? I don't recall. I will look at his > earlier paper. I think the configuration has not changed much. It has the > same problems, with the T2 thermocouple burning out, I guess from the high > temperatures and perhaps from the hydrogen atmosphere. > > - Jed > >
