Unless the catalyst evenly covers the inside surface of the reaction vessel (RV) evenly, the heat transfer to the water on the outside surface would be uneven, and inefficient. When the powder fell to the bottom of the RV through the action of gravity, a damaging hot spot would form on the bottom of the reaction vessel since only 5% of the surface of the RV would support all the heat produced by the catalyst.
In addition, the heat from the internal heater would not evenly radiate the unfixed catalyst. IMHO, unless the catalyst is evenly distributed on the inside surface of the RV, it can be shone mathematically that a 130kw highly concentrated heat spike would melt through the wall of a one liter RV. On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> To start out with, the Catalyst is initially afixed to the walls of the >> stainless steel reaction vessel. >> >> >> >> To remove the ash for analysis, the ash must be abraded away from the >> walls of the stainless steel vessel by a mechanical process. A reamer, >> sander, or some other cutting tool grinds the ash off the walls of the >> stainless steel reaction vessel. >> > > Where did you read that? > > That is not what I have heard from people testing similar materials. They > say it is powder, and it is so fine it pours like a liquid. Arata's Pd-black > and other material is easily removed from the cells. It is as fine as soot. > > - Jed > >
