Terry, Stray current between two resistance heaters would be counter-intuitive, since the heaters are supposed to be well insulated electrically, and therefore not thermionic - so we must ask: what kind of current flow is even possible between two resistance heaters should you desire to maximize that feature? Could the heaters have been altered to assist in thermionics? I believe they could.
Of course, everything about the Rossi device is a bit counterintuitive (assuming it is producing anomalous heat above the trigger temperature but I'm surprised no one has considered a thermionic possibility more than superficially. Current flow could be vitally important. A few catalysts work ONLY when charged. To restate the obvious, the external band heater, operating through the water flow CANNOT heat the reactor more than superficially to begin with - presenting the case that it almost has to have *some other function.* What is that function? We know the power supply is PWM from the type of controller used - but we do not know the details, and PWM covers a wide range of possibilities. There appears to be no dedicated ground (earth). The internal heater will naturally be hotter, due to its location, and would naturally function as a thermionic cathode to some degree, to the extent that it can do so - since electron flow will follow thermal flow. The voltage difference between the two heaters would be minimal but current could be stronger than anyone realizes. Matter of fact, even when the heaters are off, there could be current flow if the "lead shielding" is in fact there for the main purpose of creating a Seebeck effect. Bianchini proved that there was zero radioactivity during a long period of operation (not low, but zero above background) so the "lead" must serve some other purpose. All of this is based on supposition more than fact, but why not consider the possibility that current flow through the device is necessary, and the Seebeck effect provides it when the resistence heaters are turned off ? -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton Early on, I speculated that the band heater serves as an anode with the internal heater as a cathode allowing a current to flow through the reactor core providing an excess of electrons (in addition to heating the core). After all, the theory is one of electron capture, eh? T
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