On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote:
> Mary Yugo wrote: > > > There is nothing in any Rossi device's design that routes heat BACK from >> output to input via a controller. >> > > This make no sense. The heat is there in the reactor. There is no need to > conduct, convect or convey it "back" anywhere. It is already right where it > is needed. The hydride is hot. > OK. Then why does it have to be reheated by a "safety" heater at regular intervals? Both Defkalion and Rossi claim that this is necessary. It makes absolutely no sense. And while we're on the subject, can you explain why the so-called safety heater on the original E-cat is situated on the outside of the coolant jacket so in effect, it mainly heats the cooling water? That is a very strange geometry. And now that I think about it, so if the entire geometry of the original E-cat. It doesn't seem to be designed to shed heat from a core. It seems too small and tight to do that well. I'd expect many more passages for the amount of power (up to 130 kW according to Levi's claimed transient measurement). What it seems designed for is two large electrical heaters warming coolant.
