>From the other pictures, it is pretty clear that Rossi is using a sheathed k-type thermocouple with the hotCat. Because this thermocouple is not rated to operate at the temperatures that the reactor convection tube was supposedly operating, it appears that Rossi had placed (by design) the thermocouple in a cooler section of the hotCat (the end for example) where the temperature may be related to the temperature of the convection tube, but not at as high of a temperature. Because of this, the Lugano team may not have wished to use the data from that thermocouple.
On the gray box there are 3 panel mounted PID temperature controllers - to one of which the k-type thermocouple was connected. This temperature controller has a setpoint for the hotCat (may be only a high temperature cutout) and will also provide a *constant readout of the temperature* that the thermocouple measures. So, those running the experiment would have constantly seen the temperature that the thermocouple was reading. I am sure they would have used that temperature data if it appeared to be useful. They may have manually logged it. On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Fletcher <a...@well.com> wrote: > > >> The thermocouple in the diagram is Rossi's control thermocouple. >> > > I know. I got the impression they tapped into it, or displayed the numbers > from it. I am still not sure they didn't. > > > >> They say in the paper that they tried to attach a thermocouple, but >> couldn't because of the ridges (spiral?) . >> > > Yeah. I guess that means they could not use the internal one. > > This does seem like a half-assed effort. Maybe it was a fully-assed effort > but the report left out important details. Who knows? > > - Jed > >
