Did you see the piccy of Rossi testing those three single phase reactors? Think about that.
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]> wrote: > For sure, but it isn't interesting to take electrical and do a 3:1 COP on > it. what's interesting is to take coal or gas and do a 3:1 COP on it. > But I think if Rossi can do that, than I think he should be pretty close to > just using an eCat for it. > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> It is interesting to note that Rossi's lower temperature eCat arrays >> appear to go into service for heating. >> >> If you look at his hotCats, they are being configured as industrial >> furnace heating elements. Operating at >1000C, these furnace heating >> elements being replaced are mostly electrical with a COP=1 (as Bob Greenyer >> showed, some are gas). A COP=3+ heating element for these industrial >> furnace applications will save a lot of money and coal because coal is being >> used to drive the COP=1 furnace elements today. I think the biggest expense >> for some of these large companies that use heat treatment is the energy cost >> and I think a COP=3+ for a T=1300C+ furnace element will sell well. There >> are no heat pumps in such a high temperature application to compete with. >> In China, pollution is so bad that the real cost of coal is high. >> >> The money appears to be in heat at the moment, not in electrical >> production. It is 28F here this morning and we just had our first dusting >> of snow. I could really use a nice COP=3 heater. In cold weather climates, >> even cold weather optimized heat pumps don't operate with a COP over 3. >> There would be a nice home market here. >> >> Bob Higgins >> >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Interesting posts on e-cat world lately. It's a good point. If coal is >>> so cheap, than a cop of 3:1 for electricity -> thermal isn't going to cut >>> it. >>> >>> They're are going to need to be able to power the cat by coal itself or >>> gas and get a 3:1 thermal -> thermal ratio. >> >> >
