Francis X <[email protected]> wrote: Please help me understand the physical arrangement here, We have 5? > Thermistors . . . >
No, resistance heaters, not thermistors. Was it 5? > separated in an 1100g mix of some support catalyst Zirconi a? (1kg) and Ni > powder (100g) located in a hydrogen pressurized 1 L reactor. > Who knows if it is Zr or not. That is mere speculation. The only thing we know it that it is ~1 L and -- Ross said yesterday -- 100 g of Ni . . . plus who knows how much other stuff, or what stuff that is. We got loads more speculation than fact. > I take it the metal reactor has some copper lining inside and is externally > cooled by an intermittent water pump. > Where did you hear it has copper? It is cooled by water either from a pump or tap water. > I was originally assuming the reactor immediately turns any water to steam > but in the second experiment with greater water flow and only a 5 degree > delta I have to ask if the reactor is immersed in the coolant? > It must be, or the thing would have overheated with 130 kW. That is to say, the cooling water must flow all around the outside of the 1 L cell, and the heat must transfer effectively. I wonder if there is a thermocouple in the 1 L cell to make sure the cooling water does not remove too much heat. - Jed
