axil, please forgive me if these are ignorant questions: are you sure that the heating elements are "inductive"? isn't there a difference between inductive heating and resistive heating? Isn't it true that inductive heating will not work with copper?
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 21:05, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > > The current producing the inductive heating will flow primarily on the > outside surface of the stainless steel reaction vessel (RV) wall due to the > skin effect. Little or a reduced current will flow on the inside surface of > the RV wall. No magnetic field will exist on the inside of the RV where the > hydrogen is pressurized. > > > > The magnetic field lines will be parallel to the circumference of the RV > cylinder causing the heating current to flow along the skin of the RV. This > is prescribed by the right hand rule. > > > > The will be a large negative electrostatic field produced by the flowing > electrons which form the inductive heating current. This negative current > charge will attract the positive hydrogen ions into the oxygen vacancies on > the nickel oxide powder lying on the inside surface of the RV wall. > > > > This attractive force will supplement the force exerted by the > electronegative oxygen atoms within the NiO at or very near the inner > surface of the RV wall. > > > > At startup, the induced current will be substantial at about 10 amps. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:03 PM, .:.gotjosh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Mark! >> Axil and I have been dancing around this idea also in a recent thread >> (http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg45022.html) >> >> I have a strong feeling that there are some electro-magnetic effects >> playing an important role here. >> >> and I also found this tidbit on wikipedia: >> > Nickel is a naturally magnetostrictive material, meaning that in the >> > presence of a magnetic field, the material undergoes a small change in >> > length.[41] In the case of nickel, this change in length is negative >> > (contraction of the material), which is known as negative >> > magnetostriction and is on the order of 50 ppm >> >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 19:31, Mark Iverson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Could the magnetic field generated by the resistive heaters be inducing >> some >> > other effects that help promote the reaction, or inductively heat the >> > Nickel??? >> > >> > -Mark >> >> >
