JonesBeene <[email protected]> wrote: If the main function of the Mizuno heater wire (very thin resistance wire) > was merely to raise the gas temperature of the reactor – then an external > heater could do the same. >
Note that he did use an external heater before, and it worked, but nowhere near as well. Perhaps an IR effect enhances the reaction, but it does not seem essential. Others have speculated that putting the heater inside increases thermal gradients, which may help. It increases the output/input ratio (COP) simply because it takes less electric power to heat the inside to the same temperature. - Jed
