*The majority of the time there is no magnetic confinement*
I was under the impression that the coils were active all the time. Did someone tell you something different? Cheers: Axil On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:32 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > A correct statement might be that "John Rohner uses magnetic confinement > to keep the helium located axially at the center of the cylinder." > > The majority of the time there is no magnetic confinement. The only reason > helium _might_ remain at the center of the cylinder is that, being of lower > molecular weight, it is more easily driven to the center during the brief > periods of axial confinement and, once there, the deionized state helium > atoms will have to diffuse outward toward the edges. > > However, even this hope is unlikely to be true since during the > compression stroke the helium gas is undergoing turbulence and therefore is > likely highly mixed with the consequent migration to the edges of the > cylinder. > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > >> John Rohner uses magnetic confinement to keep the noble gas located >> axially at the center of the cylinder. This might keep the gases away from >> the edge of the piston. >> >> >> >> What this might mean is that the gas is well contained while the engine >> is running. The coil provides a cylinder within the cylinder. But while >> the engine is off, the gas may find a path around the rings and may need a >> recharge. >> >> >> This means that the engine must run continually. Rohner does not seem to >> be much concerned about the rings. He said he will replace the two ring >> system with a single ring in the final product. >> >> >> Cheers: Axil >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Michael Foster <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I really want to believe these guys are for real in their revival of the >>> Papp engine. If it works, it's >>> certainly more compelling than getting heat from LENR. One thing >>> bothers me in watching the >>> video of the engine assembly. The piston rings are rubber O-rings. >>> There's no way in hell that >>> the helium in the noble gas mixture will stay in the cylinder for an >>> appreciable length of time. >>> Helium is notoriously fugitive and will escape from virtuall any >>> container not made of solid glass >>> or metal. O-rings just aren't going to work in their engine unless the >>> noble gas mixture can be >>> replenished frequently. >>> -----------------------------q >>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 3:18 AM PDT Chemical Engineer wrote: >>> >>> >At 2:30 of this video they mention aligning the holes shown machined on >>> the >>> >outside of each cylinder to the top for access to the coils for wiring, >>> >etc. I believe they mount a circuit board for each cylinder atop/near >>> >each hole to access the coils to supply control power. >>> > >>> >They do not show the coils inside and i am not sure how they seal it all >>> >up. Another video shows the compression coil directly around the target >>> >spot of the plugs. A containment coil is supposedly around the rest of >>> the >>> >piston. >>> > >>> >> >>> >> ProdEngAssemble.avi< >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqFgM8osjLE&feature=youtube_gdata_player> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Sent from my iPad >>> >> >>> >>> >> >
