Axil Axil wrote on Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:49:25 An independent Cat-E exciter is required exclusive of heat.
Heat alone cannot be the factor that controls the reaction because the heat from nuclear processes would interfere (add to) with the application of control heat and result in a runaway meltdown. Your statement is probably true for emergency quenching but I think the cooling loop is designed to extract more heat than the initial stages of a runaway can do without - intentionally making the device dependent upon the heaters for continued operation. I am a little confused regarding statements that the e-cat can work without wall power on it's own .. I took this to mean the unit could produce it's own electrical to operate the controls while I've seen other comments on here where people seem to indicate the reactors were working with no heating. Can someone clarify? Fran
