The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is he wants to keep the power output of each core the same by running each at a different temperature.
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Robert Leguillon < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
