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Rossi runs his reactor subcritically. That is, the maximum amount of heat that his reactor can produce will NOT increase internal reactor heat production beyond a self-reinforcing increasing takeoff point. On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > Rossi adds externally generated heat to reach and maintain steady state > heat production equilibrium. > > One passive way to decrease reactor heat production is to decrease hydrogen > pressure. This can be done by absorbing hydrogen from the hydrogen envelope > using a hydride producing metal; for example, titanium. Provide an amount of > titanium powder in a dedicated chamber separated from the main reaction > chamber by a thermally regulated pressure valve. > > As the heat increases, hydrogen is removed from the reaction chamber using > the passive pressure relief valve. > > A titanium hydride will be produced and hydrogen will be stored. To get > the reaction going again, heat the titanium hydride powder to liberate > hydrogen. This will get the pressure of the hydrogen envelope back up to > self-sustaining levels. > > As long as the passive pressure relief valve is working, a melt down and > resulting hydrogen explosion will not occur. > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Akira Shirakawa < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2011-06-19 14:08, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: >> >> How many reactions, which produce heat, and which may produce runaway >>> heat, can be quenched by ... *heating them up* ? >>> >> >> To be fair, I don't think this is what Rossi actually means. >> >> Self-sustaining reactors probably operate on a closed loop, heated by the >> same steam (which I assume would be in high-pressure superheated conditions) >> they heat themselves. I suppose Rossi et al. don't have yet a quick, safe >> and reliable way to stop a thermal runaway, especially if devices are left >> operating unattended. >> >> When devices are plugged to the wall, it would be instead sufficient to >> simply switch off electrical power. >> >> Cheers, >> S.A. >> >> >
