There has been some discussion here about the position of the flow meter in Rossi's configuration. I have information from Rossi showing it was located in the gravity return between the customer site and the reservoir. I do not think there was a U pipe but I cannot rule that out 100%. Nothing like that is shown and no one who was there told me there is one -- and I did ask. Anyway, Abd pointed out that Penon described the configuration in one of the lawsuit documents. It is a little hard to understand Penon's English, so Abd added the comments in square brackets:
Quote The steam is then passed through the customer’s facility, where it cools up > to its condensation. * > > – flowmeter for measuring the flow rate of cooling water inlet into the > shelter. It is located along the line of return of the water. between the > Plant of the Customer and the 1 MW E-Cat. > The cooling water is contained in a tank, placed inside the Plant, that > receives the water from an external plant [sic, “tank”]. > > It is conveyed by pumps in [sic, “into”] the unit’s E-cat[s], where it is > heated to vaporize. The steam is collected in one tube of the steam line, > which conveys it to the outside of the shelter. > > The water is so recycled to the internal [sic, external] tank in a closed > loop. The water is distilled water. > > The external tank is connected with the internal tank, by a water line and > a floating valve, so that the level of water inside the internal tank is > maintained constant. The water flows from the external tank to the internal > tank by gravity. […] > * Note from Jed: "Cools up to its condensation" means it cools down until it condenses. This contradicts assertions by Peter Gluck. - Jed
