More... If there is 15 megawatts of waste heat to get rid up per cycle, water will only exist as super heated steam. Washing the walls of the reaction chamber with liquid water will not be possible.
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > Find a way to keep the powder suspended in the chamber magnetically like > Joe Papp did. > > > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can the recycling process function properly at 2000 cycles a second? Can >> a rinse cycle clear the powder from the walls in 5 micro seconds? Will the >> rinse cycle be a bottle neck in the overall firing rate? >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> *Part two, July 21 2014 BLP demonstration:* >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TKgrOjac6Y&feature=youtu.be >>> >>> >>> >>> Of particular interest to me was... >>> >>> >>> >>> *Timeline:* >>> >>> 00:09:15 - 00:10:53 >>> >>> >>> >>> Someone in the audience asks Mils about the recycling of the fuel, >>> what's all involved. >>> >>> >>> >>> Mills responds (these are not exact quotes, but close): >>> >>> >>> >>> They are using multiple regenerated fuel. >>> >>> Uses metal powder plus inorganic compound with magnesium chloride >>> hexahydrate. >>> >>> The exploded powder is ...literally was rinsed off the chamber >>> [walls]... and then the extra water was drained off... just sedimentation >>> drained off the water, and then we reused it. That's it. All you have to do >>> is re-wet it. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Timeline* >>> >>> 00:12:05 - 00:12:40 >>> >>> >>> >>> Follow-up question: someone asks whether we're seeing the fuel >>> regeneration happening in some of the demos. >>> >>> >>> >>> Mills states the current recycling setup is very new and not all the >>> recycling systems are installed. Just had the trough full of wetted fuel >>> and the water lines hooked up. I believe Mills states the next BLP >>> demonstration (not yet scheduled) will show a more sophisticated automated >>> recycling of the fuel in real time. Sounds like the next demo, if they can >>> stay in the timeline, will include rinse-down capability and recyclability >>> of the solid fuel. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Timeline* >>> >>> 00:33:54 Again, someone asks Mills about the recycling of the fuel, what >>> state is it in during the explosion and the reclamation process. >>> >>> >>> >>> Mills response (not exact quotes) >>> >>> >>> >>> The metal powder doesn't change. >>> >>> It's a very high surface area nano-powder. >>> >>> Actually works better after you detonate it because the surface area >>> goes up... absorbs more water. >>> >>> absorbs more quickly and it ignites more. >>> >>> It just carries more current. >>> >>> seems to work better. >>> >>> ... >>> >>> [metal powder] It is not consumed. >>> >>> Reaction will occur in an argon enclosed chamber. >>> >>> Can't be consumed. >>> >>> If the metal powder gets hot enough to melt it still stays the size of >>> tiny powder particles. [doesn't clump up, or condense like water - svj] >>> >>> powder size: sub-micron size, maybe fifty nanometers. ... stays like >>> that. >>> >>> The blasts just constantly makes it very very fine powder. >>> >>> magnesium chloride stays magnesium chloride. [doesn't get destroyed] >>> >>> >>> >>> *My conclusions:* >>> >>> >>> >>> If Mills is telling the truth, the recycling of the fuel does not appear >>> to be that big of an energy hog. Seems to be pretty easy to physically >>> recycle the powder. Mills said there is still some engineering that will be >>> needed in order to optimize the best recycling process, ie. the rinsing >>> procedure, positioning of the water jets. Low tech stuff. At the moment, >>> based on what I have viewed, it does not appear to me that "the doctor" is >>> lying. >>> >>> >>> >>> We shall see. Perhaps at the next demo. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Steven Vincent Johnson >>> >>> svjart.orionworks.com >>> >>> zazzle.com/orionworks >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
