Horace wrote: "Yet a higher than 100°C reading was present for the thermometer inside the E-cat. That indicates a good possibility that this high reading is merely a systematic false reading."
Horace, The T2 thermometer (inside the E-Cat) started out at nearly the same temp as the peristaltic pump water (T3), T3: 25.6C @ 11:22 T2: 29.9C @ 11:22 Ok, so worst case is that T2 is reading ~4C higher than T3, but then, T3 has water flow over it, whereas T2 is INSIDE the E-Cat and supposedly above any liquid water (in order to measure steam temperatures). So as the reactor is heating up, the air inside the reactor is also heating up and we see a steady rise in T2. So far the behavior of T2 is not anomalous. Therefore, I don't see any justification for your saying that the 120C readings for almost 2 hours were "merely systematic false readings". T3, which is the water temp going into the Reactor core, remained quite stable (+-0.7 C) for nearly the whole test. T2 on the other hand, spent a lot of time above 120C, and was also reasonably stable... obviously, measurements significantly above boiling temp would indicate superheated steam if the pressure inside was not much above ambient. Lewan also put his hand on the E-Cat during Self-sustain mode several times and could feel the rumblings indicating significant boiling. Why do you think that all of the time that T2 is >100C, that it must be false readings??? Are you saying that the T2 thermometer was reading 10's of degrees off??? -Mark
