If that were the approach you would use graphite inductively heated to 3500 deg C in a graphite foil/foam insulated vacuum flask, add hydrogen to start convective heat transfer. Stores about 1.3kWh/kg and about 2.7kWh/liter, so would need about 10 liters for 80MJ of latest demo.
Note I am sure this wasn't done, but would work better than iron On 10 October 2011 20:44, Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint <zeropo...@charter.net>wrote: > From one narcissist to another... > > Seems ol Joe thinks he's converted the lot of us... > > http://www.theeestory.com/users/1681/posts# > > "80kgs of metal can easily store over 40MJ. It's not on the level of a > discussion. My arguments have been extremely convincing as I think you can > tell by the recent conversion of vortex members and Krivit." > > Joe Catania states, > "The band heater temp is ~900C. In September test my calculations show that > boiling could be produced for many hours. There is certainly a massive > amount of metal in the e-cat." > > Joe: > So your reasoning is based on the band heater being 900C, and therefore the > majority of the massive amount of metal in the E-Cat is at or near that > same > temperature. You sincerely think that everything underneath the insulation > is anywhere near that temp? The melting point of lead is 327C, so we > certainly know that the lead is no more than one-third 900C, or else we'd > have a mass of molten lead on the table. > > In addition, with the irregularity of the shape of the "plumbing", at least > with the old, tubular design, it is unlikely that there is much physical > contact between the lead shielding and the "plumbing" (water jacket), ergo, > poor heat conduction between the plumbing and the lead, ergo, not much heat > storage in the lead. > > Finally, the only thing that could be anywhere near 900C is the (stainless > steel) core container that is the transfer medium between the reaction > material (Ni-powder-hydrogen-catalyst) and the water outside the core > container. > > Conclusion: > Being that the only mass that could possibly be anywhere near 900C is the > reactor core container, which might be a few kilograms, would you care to > revise your "... not on the level of a discussion" heat storage estimate??? > > -Mark > > >
