Re: [Vo]:The NiO can be made to stick to the walls of a stainless steel surface (SSS)
In reply to Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.'s message of Fri, 6 May 2011 16:32:28 -0700: Hi, Now wouldn't it be funny if Rossi had discovered that an ordinary catalytic converter containing Ni could be used as a CF energy generator? :) [snip] >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic_converter > >* * * > >Straight from Wikipedia :-) : > >Warm-up period >Most of the pollution put out by a car occurs during the first five minutes >before the catalytic converter has warmed up sufficiently.[13] >In 1999, BMW introduced the Electric Catalytic Convert, or "E-CAT", in their >flagship E38 750iL sedan. Coils inside the catalytic converter assemblies >are heated electrically just after engine start, bringing the catalyst up to >operating temperature much faster than traditional catalytic converters can, >providing cleaner cold starts and low emission vehicle (LEV) >compliance.[citation needed] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
RE: [Vo]:The NiO can be made to stick to the walls of a stainless steel surface (SSS)
-Original Message- From: Akira Shirakawa [mailto:shirakawa.ak...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 3:16 PM Do you think that standard automotive catalytic converter manufacturing processes could apply in the case of the E-Cat? Somehow, I... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic_converter * * * Straight from Wikipedia :-) : Warm-up period Most of the pollution put out by a car occurs during the first five minutes before the catalytic converter has warmed up sufficiently.[13] In 1999, BMW introduced the Electric Catalytic Convert, or "E-CAT", in their flagship E38 750iL sedan. Coils inside the catalytic converter assemblies are heated electrically just after engine start, bringing the catalyst up to operating temperature much faster than traditional catalytic converters can, providing cleaner cold starts and low emission vehicle (LEV) compliance.[citation needed]
Re: [Vo]:The NiO can be made to stick to the walls of a stainless steel surface (SSS)
On 2011-05-06 23:55, Axil Axil wrote: [...] This is standard powder coating technology. The SSS will be very soft and the NiO powder will sink into the SSS. The NiO powder will remain strong and intact on the hot surface and will not melt until the temperature of 2000C is reached Do you think that standard automotive catalytic converter manufacturing processes could apply in the case of the E-Cat? Somehow, I think the reactor part could be very similar to one of them, with a stainless steel foil honeycomb coated with the catalyst, to maximize surface area. I'm not sure where the internal heater could be in this case, though. By the way, have a read at the description in the Wikipedia page, they really share many similarities: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic_converter * * * The catalytic converter consists of several components: The core, or substrate. The core is often a ceramic honeycomb in modern catalytic converters, but stainless steel foil honeycombs are also used. The honeycomb surface increases the amount of surface area available to support the catalyst, and therefore is often called a "catalyst support". The ceramic substrate was invented by Rodney Bagley, Irwin Lachman and Ronald Lewis at Corning Glass, for which they were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002. The washcoat. A washcoat is used to make converters more efficient, often as a mixture of silica and alumina. The washcoat, when added to the core, forms a rough, irregular surface, which has a far-greater surface area than the flat-core surfaces do, which then gives the converter core a larger surface area, and therefore more places for active precious-metal sites. The catalyst is added to the washcoat (in suspension) before being applied to the core. The catalyst itself is most often a precious metal. Platinum is the most-active catalyst and is widely used. It is not suitable for all applications, however, because of unwanted additional reactions and/or cost. Palladium and rhodium are two other precious metals used. Platinum and rhodium are used as a reduction catalyst, while platinum and palladium are used as an oxidation catalyst. Cerium, iron, manganese and nickel are also used, although each has its own limitations. Nickel is not legal for use in the European Union (because of its reaction with carbon monoxide). Copper can be used everywhere except North America, where its use is illegal because of the formation of dioxin. * * * Cheers, S.A.
[Vo]:The NiO can be made to stick to the walls of a stainless steel surface (SSS)
The NiO can be made to stick to the walls of a stainless steel surface (SSS) as follows: Heat this coated SSS to just under melting temperature (say about 1375C). Spray 100 grams of the NiO ceramic nano-powder onto the SSS using an electrostatic spray gun which accelerates the NiO particle to high speed using an ionizing voltage. This is standard powder coating technology. The SSS will be very soft and the NiO powder will sink into the SSS. The NiO powder will remain strong and intact on the hot surface and will not melt until the temperature of 2000C is reached
