I guess the main purpose of recirculating the water is not to save its
cost but to reduced the dissolved salts that would fur up the reactors
over time.
AA
On 9/2/2016 11:00 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com <mailto:peter.gl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Jed, you also do not understand the function of the reservoir.
I do understand it. It eliminates the need for a constant flow of
tapwater.
The reservoir holds a large volume of water. Rather dirty water, as it
happens. The temperature of the water in the reservoir is around 60°C.
Water is pumped from the reservoir through the reactors, and from
there through the customer site heat exchanger. It then flows back
into the reservoir. The water level in the reservoir does not change
much from day to day, so all of the water is returned. It is a closed
loop.
If they did not have a reservoir, they would have to use a flow
tapwater I suppose. How else could they do it? Using tapwater would be
expensive.
Eyewitnesses told me this is how it works. Has Rossi or someone else
told you something else? Is there some other purpose for the
reservoir, other than reducing the need for tapwater?
- Jed
