Revised and extended as follows: If the nickel particles are producing heat, the reactor surface (observed) temperature, for several days 1400C at 2.8kW flux, Al2O3 heat capacity, cylinder 4mm ID/ 20mm OD heat difference is 200C
So temperature of powder must be 1600C continuous at least - more if thermal conductivity to Al2O3 is not large. T = P*ln(d1/d2)/(2*pi*L*k) where k is the thermal conductivity, d1,d2 are outer and inner cylinder diameters, L is length of cylinder, T is temperature difference. The melting point of pure nickel is 1455C. Any admixture of other elements decreases this. So if the claims here are correct all nickel grains in ash should be melted. This is good grist for deductive reasoning. If this condition did exist then…. This is what leads me to the suspect that the heat flow is isothermal: caused by superfuildity through the auspices of a boson condensate in which the infrared photons produced by the reactor participate. Having condensed, all the photons are at the same energy level thus resulting in a singular infrared photon wavelength. Any new energy input into the condensate is shared equally among the members of the condensate providing a unitary thermal state. In this way, the boson condensate thermalizes the gamma radiation through super-absorbtion. The standard theory that everybody seems to hold to is based on the fact that heat is assumed to come from the nickel particles. This theory might not be true. I believe that heat comes from the alumina and the Ni particles provide field emitters to cause fusion at a distance far from the nickel particles. By casting a shadow, the heater wires appear to be cooler than the alumina that encases it, therefore, the Ni particles might be located in the coolest part of the reactor and must therefore be heated by induction provided by the integral coil embedded in the alumina to keep their field emission's going. On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > Tomclarke wrote: > > > > Reactor surface (claimed) temperature, for several days 1400C > > at 2.8kW flux, Al2O3 heat capacity, cylinder 4mm ID/ 20mm OD heat > difference is 200C > > > > So temperature of powder must be 1600C continuous at least - more if > thermal conductivity to Al2O3 is not large. > > > > T = P*ln(d1/d2)/(2*pi*L*k) where k is the thermal conductivity, d1,d2 are > outer and inner cylinder diameters, L is length of cylinder, T is > temperature difference. > > > > The melting point of pure nickel is 1455C. Any admixture of other elements > decreases this. > > > > So if the claims here are correct all nickel grains in ash should be > melted. > > > > Axil wrote: > > > > This is good grist for deductive reasoning. If this condition did exist > then…. > > > > This is what leads me to the suspect that the heat flow is isothermal: > caused by superfuildity through the auspices of a boson condensate in which > the infrared photons produced by the reactor participate. Having condensed, > all the photons are at the same energy level thus resulting in a singular > wavelength. Any new energy input into the condensate is shared equally > among the members of the condensate providing a unitary thermal state. > > This is part of the gamma thermalization process. > >
