Axil Axil wrote:
There is a concept called “hot swaping” where a module is replaced
without disabling the entire assemblage. . . .
This is how the Rossi reactor should be built where hot swapping of
the small modules is possible.
I do not think hot swapping is practical when the cells are physically
this hot. It would be like hot-swapping a burning stove in a restaurant.
Rossi is building a 300-cell reactor with 350 cells. 50 are in reserve,
or backup. In other words, instead of hot-swapping, a malfunctioning
cell will be turned off, and one of the 50 reserve cells turned on. I
believe that's the plan. It is similar to hot swapping but after you do
it 50 times you have to stop. Eventually, you stop and do maintenance on
all 350 cells, replacing the catalyst.
I have no idea how he intends to replace the catalyst. With the
mini-Rossi cells, I assume you turn one upside-down, shake it, and drain
the catalyst out the hydrogen hook up. I don't think you want to turn
upside down a 7 x 7 x 7 array of those things.
Someone quoted the projected size, and I think it is roughly cubical,
hence 7 x 7 x 7. But for all I know it could be 20 x 3 long x 6 layers
high, or who-knows what.
I mentioned earlier that I assume Rossi may have settled on the 50 ml
cell, and he can always change out the nickel catalyst if he comes up
with a better formula. I meant, he would take 300 finished cells off the
testbed and shelves, dump out the catalyst, and pour in new catalyst.
Repeat 300 times. Maybe it is harder than that, if the stuff has to
adhere to the inside walls as someone suggested.
Axil Axil suggests as zirconium tube for the cells. This is, of course,
what is used in a fission reactor. I guess they are gas tight, unless
you let the core melt down as they have done at Fukushima.
Zr melts at 1852°C.
- Jed
