Am 07.11.2011 23:19, schrieb Jed Rothwell:
Granted, you might want to install it at an actual site to observe
performance under real-world conditions. You would use extensive
instrumentation. The real purpose would be to find out how to
mass-produce similar machines.
If the self destruction mechanism is inside, they cannot do this.
It could have been a licensee who does not want to use the plant, but
has licensed the technology.
There are no industrial proprietary secrets in the steam/water system.
Possibly they want to build their own and bought the plant together with
a licence.
So they have possibly bought a system for studies and a license.
It has no value to reverse engineer rossis steam system.
Build it new from scratch, any experienced manufacturer of steam boilers
could do this better.
The overall construction of the 1 MW plant is misproportioned, even if
the ecat itself might work.
Peter