Of course, the presumption is that the excess heat in Mizuno's reactor is being generated in his Ni screen and thermally transferred to the outer SS shell of his reactor vessel. That is not necessarily the case. If the output of the reaction was kinetic charged particle emission, and in particular if it was alpha emission, the energy could be transferred almost 50% directly to the shell of the vessel without having the Ni mesh be hotter than the outside of the vessel. The same would be even more true if the output were low energy photons. At this point, we don't have enough data to know.
Fortunately, the reactor and protocol seem very simple, and replication should provide ample opportunities for evaluation of the possibilities. Bob Higgins On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 9:21 AM [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Jed wrote about the Mizuno reactor wall temperature: > > > > “”Here's the problem. The Ni mesh reactant is right up against the inside > wall. If the experiment works, the mesh gets hot, and the portion of the > wall just outside the mesh gets hot. Significantly hotter than the rest of > the outside wall, or the ends of reactor. That would be difficult to model, > I think. It complicates matters.” > > > > Modeling temperatures in a metal object is old hat. The reactor vessel > would be easy to model IMHO. > > > > Such modeling would add to the understanding of the air cooling and > identify if any heat is being generated in the metal of the reactor vessel > as a result of unexpected reactions adding or subtracting energy to the > metal of the reactor vessel. > > > > Validation of any thermal model would be substantial with information from > both the dummy reactor and the LENR reactor. You cannot have too many > thermocouples for a validation from my experience--complications be damned. > > > > If the Ni mesh is the source of heat from an LENR reaction, then the > contact between the mesh and the reactor wall at any spot will be a factor > in the temperature of the mesh. An ultrasonic examination of such contacts > over the entire reactor/mesh interface would be desirable to facilitate > modeling to determine mesh temperatures, Temperature gradients in the > mesh would likely cause changes in the mesh/reactor wall contact, > substantially influencing the resulting temperature. The same issues > would apply to the dimensional stability of the heating wire. > > > > Mizuno should specify the details associated with the mesh/reactor wall > contact as well as the details associated with the heating wire contact. > > > > Bob Cook > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
