Looks like Rossi has invented a tube furnace,or bought one and coated it in a refractory.
Not a very convincing picture. No visible connections for gas or other fluids, no temperature sensors, just a couple of electrical supplies. Typically shoddy Rossi work, and again I ask myself is this deliberate to create more uncertainty, or simply lazy? Also unclear how this heat is being radiated away when there is only a small hole for the heat to leave through, and from the colour it doesn't look like it is over 1000°C (though photos can be deceptive the rest of the environment around the picture looks quite normal). From colour the outer surface is quite obviously relatively cool, not 800°C - looks more like <500°C. (I used to work with engine exhausts that ran in 500-1000°C range, so have some experience of heat-colour, eg check out what looks like a 950°C max exhaust: http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/177605.html) Doing a very crude estimate: holes in ends 40mm diameter (assuming bolts are 14mm), area .0012m² and radiating about 150kW/m² (1000°C black body to 30°C environment, is only radiating about 150W from each end. While outer surface at 500°C (radiating 20kW/m²) and assuming 140mm diameter and 300mm long or about 0.13m² total, would give about 2.6kW of radiated heat. So we are in the right ball park if the input energy was 3.5kW as stated. There are not many metals that will withstand operating at such high temperatures, and not safely when exposed to hydrogen at pressure. Not pressure sealing sounds like rubbish, refractory sealants wont seal metals at high temp due to differential thermal expansion. The mention of gas heating makes me very suspicious that this will be his next method for hiding or confusing the results that he produces in yet another unconvincing demo. Compared and contrasted to Celani and Defkalion's recent info, Rossi needs to lift his game a lot if he want to keep playing, but he is doing nothing to improve his believability. Rossi is looking more and more dodgy in my book, and this is even giving him the benefit of the doubt for his many lies in the last year (selling 1MW reactor etc). I would be quite happy if he disappeared never to be seen again as without a proper demo he is doing nothing but harm to the field. It would be seriously disappointing if Defkalion turned out to be scammers too - but the detail in their latest releases seems pretty convincing. On 10 August 2012 19:23, Akira Shirakawa <shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com> 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. > >
