Horace Heffner <[email protected]> wrote:
> 3. The data shows that the reactor cools in ~40 min. when the power is > cut. That is the actual, measured limit of stored heat with this system, at > these temperatures and inputs. > > > That is merely a measure of the stored heat and thermal conductivity at > the end of the test. > No, also at the beginning, just before the self-sustaining event, around minute 250. Same slope as at the end. The power between 150 and 250 shown in the cooling loop is more or less stable, meaning the thing has reached the terminal temperature. It has achieved a balance between input and output. There is some excess energy around 220 - 250. Since the cooling curve more or less balances the input power curve during this segment, I assume the TC placement is not a big problem. After the self-sustaining event begins, output goes way up, far above the most you can input with electric power. As for the rest of your comments . . . I am not the only one who disagrees with you. So do all of the knowledgeable people I asked to review your paper. I suggest you ask one of them for a critique. Let's leave it at that. I will let you have the last word regarding the rest of these issues. - Jed
