I think the effort of disassembly of the internal cell is being grossly
under-estimated by those wishing for/expecting a viewing of the guts.
In Rossi's big eCat, the cover seal was leaking water at 15 psi of
pressure (maybe less). The cell is far more difficult to seal. Inside
is initially ~150 PSI (10 bar) of hydrogen at room temperature. If the
catalyst and internal hydrogen is heated to 500-600C, the pressure will
probably double to 300 PSI (20 bar). Note that not all of the hydrogen
in the cell will be at this temperature, so it doesn't go up by 3x.
Hydrogen wants to leak out of anything because the molecule is so small.
The point is that this is a high pressure, high temperature hydrogen
seal which is extremely difficult to make and maintain. It is not
something you casually take apart for a viewing.
Further, the catalyst probably requires hydrogen conditioning to be
activated. Opening to the air would de-activate the catalyst. In fact,
highly activated nickel powders (Raney nickel for example) are
pyrophoric - they will spontaneously combust on exposure to air. That
could be Rossi's self-destruct mechanism. It wouldn't be very effective
protection against a skilled chemist who would open it in a glove box
with argon.
Am 10.11.2011 20:23, schrieb Mary Yugo:
Even if he's concerned about that, he could
disassemble all the way to the final core and stop there.
He did that, several times. Even with the big reactor people say
they could see the whole thing, under the cell. You can't see much in
the photos, but you can in person. It would be a pain in the butt to
remove the cell, and there is no point, because we know by displacement
that there is nothing else in the vessel.
He disassembled it all the way to the core? I have not seen any
photos except one of a partially but not totally uncovered large box
with some finned device inside.
Yes, these fins could help to suck the water out, if there is a vacuum
in the output hose.
This gives a lot of extra energy. He is really skilled.
