Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? Thermocouple construction

2013-05-28 Thread David L Babcock
:39 PM *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? Come on Andrew. You need to research your old books on control theory. Where are you mounting that fixed voltage output thermocouple you speak of? The last time I checked the output depended upon

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread David Roberson
: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? We are totally at cross-purposes here; if we were in the same room, this crap wouldn't happen. So here's the deal. I'm considering the scenario whereby we operate the heating system to bring the device just past the stable temperature; further

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread Andrew
- Original Message - From: David Roberson To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? I suppose that it would be easier in person to discuss this issue, but that is not available. Yes, we

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread David Roberson
of thermal run away. Dave -Original Message- From: Andrew andrew...@att.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, May 27, 2013 1:03 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? Glad we're back in sync. Although there's definite evidence for thermal runaway 25 years

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread Andrew
operating at a COP of 3 has risk of thermal run away. Dave -Original Message- From: Andrew andrew...@att.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, May 27, 2013 1:03 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? Glad we're back in sync. Although

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread David Roberson
, 2013 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? The earlier posts by Rossi on his blog mention many cases where thermal run away happened. Most of these were when he was developing the earlier versions of his mechanism. The fact that thermal run

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread Andrew
- From: David Roberson To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? Rossi keeps this information secret. It is unfortunate that he does this, but that is his nature. I would love to see a number of measurements

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread David Roberson
- From: Andrew andrew...@att.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, May 27, 2013 2:23 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? Sure, the reference would be the set point, and that's simply the operating temperature. Notionally you set this as high as possible

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread Andrew
positive feedback is grossly over-simplified. Andrew - Original Message - From: David Roberson To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? I do not follow how the set point can be the operating

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread David Roberson
, May 27, 2013 3:22 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? What? In the control regulation, everything is represented as either a voltage or a current (because it's, like, electronics, duh). Normally, temperature comes out of a thermocouple and is thus a voltage

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-27 Thread Andrew
@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, May 27, 2013 3:22 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? What? In the control regulation, everything is represented as either a voltage or a current (because it's, like, electronics, duh). Normally, temperature comes out of a thermocouple

[Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread Andrew
Seems to me that if active cooling control is used as the only control input, thus satisfying the unplug it! sceptics (and I'm one of them), then it only has a chance of working if there is good thermal contact and good thermal conductivity and substantial enough heat capacity in the active

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread Andrew
regulation, which is total overkill here. Andrew - Original Message - From: Andrew To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 4:52 PM Subject: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? Seems to me that if active cooling control is used as the only control input

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread Andrew
- Original Message - From: David Roberson To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? How many of these controllers use positve thermal feedback to keep the sink at a constant temperature? Dave

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread David Roberson
How many of these controllers use positve thermal feedback to keep the sink at a constant temperature? Dave -Original Message- From: Andrew andrew...@att.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, May 26, 2013 7:52 pm Subject: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread David Roberson
-Original Message- From: Andrew andrew...@att.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, May 26, 2013 8:05 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? See my follow-up on this. There's always going to be a tracking error, no matter how sophisticated

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread Andrew
find that it matches my model. Dave -Original Message- From: Andrew andrew...@att.net To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, May 26, 2013 8:05 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? See my follow-up on this. There's always going

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread David Roberson
, May 26, 2013 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? No, there is a large difference between a negative feedback system and a positive feedback system. Tell us how to make your temperature controller hold a constant temperature with positive

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread Harry Veeder
You are neglecting the I-can't-see-inside sceptics. Harry On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Andrew andrew...@att.net wrote: ** Seems to me that if active cooling control is used as the only control input, thus satisfying the unplug it! sceptics (and I'm one of them), then it only has a

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread Andrew
desirable of an active cooling system. You dig? - Original Message - From: David Roberson To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? But, we are talking about the ECAT. It operates by using

Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT?

2013-05-26 Thread Andrew
One thing at a time Harry; one thing at a time. - Original Message - From: Harry Veeder To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Constant temperature Operation of ECAT? You are neglecting the I-can't-see-inside sceptics. Harry