My back of the envelope scratching suggests that a like-sized three-dimensional region of a fuel bundle in a conventional LWR fission core produces just about the same amount of energy. That volume would accommodate ~4 linear feet of ~100 fuel rods which would produce ~1 MW. Note: I am not a nuclear engineer but I'm playing one tonight on the interwebs. Ymmv.
Jeff On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 4:19 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jojo, I get 3.77 square meters of area with a quick calculation. This is > the entire surface area of the cylinder. Please check your figures and let > me know if there is an error. > > This is very interesting information from Rossi as, if true, his device > now would fit nicely within a locomotive size tractor. It is time to do > some further research into this. > > Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Jojo Jaro <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 6:31 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi said... > > This is incredible power density. Seems unbelievable how you can pack > 1MW output from these dimensions. If true, this is more revolutionary than > we thought. > > I did some rough calculations. With diameter of the cylinder at 1.2 m, > the area is 1.13 m2. Assuming that the coolant pipes take up about 50% if > this area, and fitting remaining area with 100 reactors. Each reactor > would have a diameter of 4.2 cm. Each 4.2 cm dia. reactor would be > producing 10KW. > > Dave, maybe you can do some simulations on if it even is possible to > remove this much heat from such a reactor. > > Another thing. Rossi says he's shocked. Does this mean that Rossi no > longer does the main development. Otherwise, How can he be shocked by > something he is developing himself? Or maybe, he is shocked by the extent > of his own imagination. > > > > Jojo > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Patrick Ellul <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:45 AM > *Subject:* [Vo]:Rossi said... > > Andrea Rossi > August 29th, 2012 at 3:05 > AM<http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=510&cpage=63#comment-309975> > Dear Dr Joseph Fine: > You are perfectly right: in fact we are designing the new 1 MW plants, for > hot temperature, and the dimensions will be those of a cylinder with a > diameter of 1.2 m and a lencth od 0.4 m. > Is shocking, I myself are surprised, but it is so. > Warmest Regards, > A.R. > Andrea Rossi > August 29th, 2012 at 9:45 > AM<http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=510&cpage=63#comment-310135> > Dear Franco: > Attention: the dimensions 1.2 x 0.4 is not the surface of the surface of > the reactors! Inside this drum of 1.2 x 0.4 m there are 100 reactors , each > of one having about 1 200 cm^2 of surface ! > I talked of the dimensions of the external container, not of the heat > exchange surface ! > Warm Regards, > A.R. > > Regards, > Patrick > >
