Shutting down H2 supply cannot work, since the gas in the reactor is highly pressurized and consumed slowly, so the reaction would not be abated on H2 shut-down - in fact not for an extended period - possibly hours or days.
Do you release pressurized and very hot hydrogen into a room where many people may be gathered? Answer: No. it would be instantly explosive. Now, it's indeed possible that the Nitrogen tank was there BECAUSE this was a public demo and Rossi anticipated that it would be impossible to release the pressurized H2, so he had to fashion an alternative for the demo only. However, does he normally risk release in a factory situation, where workers could be present? Maybe it could be ported outside, so N would not be necessary - but only a fool would dispense with it. Anyway, the demo situation would be the rationalization that makes the most sense for the N but it is still a contradiction. -----Original Message----- From: SHIRAKAWA Akira On 2011-04-16 01:36, Jones Beene wrote: > Yes. Do not delete this ! It is important. > > Add this one to the growing 'contradictions' list, because I am sure that at > one time he said he can operate the device for a period of time with no > electrical input. > > How can it then be possible to shut down automatically with no current > unless you flush with N ? ... and Terry is correct: the tank is labeled as > nitrogen. Surely he is not so careless (miserly) as to fill this tank with > H2 to cut cost ? By shutting down hydrogen supply, as Focardi said in his latest interview. After hydrogen pressure decreases by a certain amount the reactor supposedly stops working by itself. P.S.: By the way, did my other email containing a long list of questions and answers by Rossi reach the group? Cheers, S.A.
