In reply to Axil Axil's message of Wed, 25 May 2011 23:21:44 -0400: Hi, [snip] >In the Rossi reactor, the control system controls the temperature at or very >near the center of catalytic activity. IMHO, it is at or near the internal >heater. The internal heater produces an “active agent” via the secret >catalyst that travels or drifts to the reactor wall where it interacts with >the nickel powder to produce heat. [snip] This sounds a bit like the way Halogen lamps work, with a chemical that forms at one temperature and decomposes at another. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogen_lamp#Halogen_cycle )
>If heat from the reaction vessel gets high enough, a runaway positive >feedback loop is reacted between the wall and the secret catalyst near the >internal heater. Heat travels through the high pressure hydrogen and over >stimulates the secret catalyst to a state of over activity. A meltdown then >occurs. > If the process depends on the temperature of the central heater being higher, then it stands to reason that if the temperature of the reactor wall gets too high, it can recycle the catalyst itself, and hence continue to increase in temperature, causing a "run-away". This is the same idea you propose here above, with the exception of "near the internal heater". Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
