dear Akira can you send me the original Italian text? thanks!
Peter On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Akira Shirakawa <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello group, > > Have a look at the following photo and the attached technical information. > These come from a quite reliable inside source who was allowed to "leak" > some data and information about Rossi's 1200 °C test E-Cat core currently > under testing. This was originally in Italian language, any error in > translation is my fault. > > * * * > > http://i.imgur.com/4XlY2.jpg > > [The reactor] is composed of two coaxial steel cylinders. The internal > space between the two cylinders contains an electrical heating resistance > and the reaction chamber with the active material. The cylinder bases are > sealed with heat resistant sealant for blast furnace use. Pressure sealing > is not needed. The whole has been painted in black to increase emissivity > and can withstand 1200 °C. > > The photo shows a phase of the measurements > > At the time of this photo, the average outer surface temperature was 801 > °C, with local hot spots of 873 °C. The inner surface temperature ranged > from 1100 °C to over 1200 °C. Two electrical heating resistances in > parallel (the 4 visible cables). Value of the resistances in parallel: 6 > Ohm. AC (50 Hz) input voltage of 147 Volts. Current consumption 24.25 > Ampere. Power consumption 3.56 kW. Heat power irradiated by both inner and > outer walls, assumed equal for a total of 13.39 kW, including the average > ambient temperature of 35 °C. > Inner wall of bright white color, unapproachable under 1 meter of distance > because of hot air flow. Outer wall measured by thermal camera with 2% > measurement precision. Inner wall measurement by laser thermometer from a > 1.2 meter distance by the shaky hand of a person who didn't want to get > cooked. > Conservative, rounded down values due to heat taken off by convective flow > estimated to be at least 8% on the outer wall and low irradiation cosine > for the inner wall due to high irradiation angle toward laser thermometer > (pointing almost in axis with the inner cylinder). > Stable reaction, without strange happenings. Virtually boring. > > COP raises when 1000 °C are exceeded on the outer wall. [Fuel] consumption > is that of a [nuclear] fusion reaction, that is, almost nonexistent. A > proper estimate would require to turn the thing on and then taking a very > long vacation before verifying the actual consumption. > > For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that data are preliminary > and that inner cylinder measurements will have to be remade with less shaky > methods than a laser thermometer, in order to improve results as it's a > delicate measurement, since the inner surface is in contact with the air > heated by the surface itself. > > > * * * > > Cheers, > S.A. > > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
