I have a strong suspicion that the path of maximum heat transfer needs to be via radiation in order for the device to be stable. This is due to the forth order with temperature being able to win against a lower order power generation process.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Oct 16, 2014 1:32 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: I believe the large tubes on the end to be thermally insulating supports for the hot central 2 cm tube. A question that came to me was whether the alumina endcaps could be replaced with metal endcaps of a suitable alloy in the context of a larger array of devices, in order to provide a suitable path out for the heat to be used to generate steam. Another question I have is how much thermal load one of these devices can handle. Eric
