I have to ask: is the entity "Jones Beene" really a supercomputer?
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > *From:* Jed Rothwell > > > > Since the Hyundai drive train has to be completely electrical, in order to > work with the fuel cell - that means that the same platform (used with the > hydrogen fuel cell) would be instantly adaptable to a version of LENR where > direct electrical conversion was implemented. It could be almost as simple > as a swap. > > > > Why is this any different from any electric car, such as the Leaf, or the > Tesla? > > > > > > Typically the battery pack (in the Tesla for instance) is a large > expensive LiFePo unit which is engineered as a sealed monolithic block (for > fire protection) with special cooling channels built into the chassis. This > is much larger capacity than what is needed for the situation where an > electrical generator is available. You cannot simply remove a percentage of > that large capacity without waste. Here is an image: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/kyd5zxp > > > > The new Tucson, in contrast has less than one kWhr of energy capacity in > its pack. In fact, the LENR powered vehicle could potentially use the less > expensive lead-acid AGM batteries, since so little capacity is needed. That > would save some cost over lithium, but the Tucson uses lithium. > > > > The drive motor cannot be driven directly from the LENR reactor or fuel > cell, since they typically need to be constant output devices - so > intermediate capacity of batteries is needed - as a medium-sized buffer and > for instant power demands - and for reasons of thermal control and feedback > in the case of the ECat (presumably). > > > > >
