On Feb 24, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Steven Krivit wrote:
http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2010/SRI-Case-Repl/SRI-Case.shtml
Has anybody ever noticed that 2 out of 3 runs that show 4He growth
in the SRI Case replication show a peak and then a decrease in 4He?
This is a helium leak-tight chamber.
Where does the 4He go?
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The helium flows out of the cell with the evolved H2 and O2 gasses.
If helium production slows and cell gas production remains constant
then the concentration of helium in the gas produced diminishes.
Modeling this over time is not so simple in the real case, as it is a
multi-compartment flow model, and one in which one of the flow
compartments (the Pd) performs in an unpredictable manner.
To answer your question more directly, the helium continually flows
out of the cell with the effluent, which is sampled periodically. If
helium production stops, then the helium concentration necessarily
must eventually drop to zero because the cell gas is continually
produced and water is periodically added to the electrolyte to
continue operation.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
