So, Rossi is claiming series E-Cats again? What is the sense of this? The purpose of the coolant is to transfer heat away from the core. A continuous flow through four series E-Cats will remove different amounts of heat from each series Cat. The increasing input temperature of each Cat will result in a smaller temperature differential between core and coolant, and less heat transfer. It's a control nightmare. On the other hand, four parallel E-Cats can have their individual flow rates decreased to approach the required 450C. For increased steam quantity, just add more legs.
Can the Vort collective come up with any logic for his series claims? Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:07:33 -0600 Subject: Re: [Vo]:E-Cats and 450 deg C steam From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:01 AM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:42 AM, noone noone <[email protected]> wrote: The big cost difference between E-Cat technology and conventional technologies will of course be the fuel cost. The fuel cost for a one megawatt cold fusion planet will probably be at least 1/1000 times less than one powered by coal or natural gas. At $5/W, clean coal's levelized capital cost plus the process costs to clean up the effluent and sequester the CO2, exceeds its fuel cost. Actually, this applies to conventional coal as well, although that is increasingly irrelevant given that conventional coal plants aren't being built anymore except in Asia. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source#US_Department_of_Energy_estimates
